suckle

Example Sentences

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Mazakpwe cited a range of lactation issues mothers can face, from sore nipples to babies born too sick or too weak to suckle and stimulate milk production.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2024

On Thursday morning, she tried to get her 9-month-old daughter to suckle.

From Washington Times • Aug. 21, 2022

The National Pig Association estimates 60% of UK sows are kept on indoor pig units and the majority of them give birth and suckle their piglets in farrowing crates.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2022

Meanwhile, Love Shaiska was struggling to suckle, forcing her parents to pull together cash to buy formula.

From Reuters • Aug. 23, 2021

In the corner of a separate cage a mother rat lay over her litter of blind naked children and let them suckle and the mother stared about nervously and fiercely.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck