suckle
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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
Meanwhile, Love Shaiska was struggling to suckle, forcing her parents to pull together cash to buy formula.
From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2021
There was no guarantee that the other mothers would protect Lucy, much less allow her to suckle, as that would mean fewer precious nutrients for their own calves.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 20, 2021
This continued throughout the day whenever he wanted to suckle.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
It is named for the she-wolf who suckles twin boys in Rome’s origin myth.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2020
As the baby suckles at the breast, it picks up more microbes from its mother’s skin.
From Nature ● Mar. 6, 2018
When the infant suckles, sensory nerve fibers in the areola trigger a neuroendocrine reflex that results in milk secretion from lactocytes into the alveoli.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
After that, a calf suckles from its mother for about four months.
From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2013
The female monkey is remarkable for her attachment to her progeny, which she suckles until it is able to procure food for its own sustenance.
From Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society by Crooke, William
I stared at Noah’s bobbing Adam’s apple as he suckled at his bottle.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
“There is no food or water. Sometimes I have nothing to give the kids,” she said as her 14-month-old suckled on her deflated breast.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
I watched as a ewe suckled two lambs that she had adopted in this way.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2024
He suckled readily, smiled and cooed, charmed his mother.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
She snuggled up to her mother, suckled two or three times, more for comfort than food, and fell back to sleep.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
Roast pork belly redolent and tender as Castilian suckling pig.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
But a pregnant or suckling female is especially ravenous and will continue to forage for two for up to 1 year after giving birth.
From Science Magazine ● May 15, 2024
Prior studies have shown that non-nutritive suckling on a pacifier produces data that can be used to evaluate breastfeeding.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024
In 2015, a research team from two U.S. universities tested tunes incorporating feline-centric sounds that included purring and a pulse reminiscent of suckling.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 2, 2024
"You mew like a suckling babe," his brother hissed at him.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
