sucks

Example Sentences

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The confession sucks the air out of the room, leaving just enough for some nervous laughter.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Describing the sludge and silt in the tunnel area where Noah's body was eventually found, close to the M2 motorway, he said it "just sucks your feet under" in "absolutely freezing" conditions.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Why give something that sucks up dirt to show you care?

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

I was addicted to reading the food scenes—the Christmas feast that the March girls bring to the Hummels, the illicit pickled limes Amy sucks on at school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

And one day she’ll find herself on the terrible end of a Death-Cast call and it sucks how we’re all being raised to die.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera