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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a sucking" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to the act of sucking or describing something that involves sucking.
Example: "The baby has a habit of a sucking on its thumb when it is tired."
Alternatives: "a draw" or "a sip".
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We are a sucking people . . .
The newly hung door slammed with a sucking sound.
The robot is equipped with a sucking device, which is designed to carry pawns.
Describing the fence's inadequacy, he says, "It's putting a Band-Aid on a sucking chest wound".
"She may do a sucking motion, pursing her lips, to try to overcome this".
Running into a sucking sound of doubt, he finally brought out the big guns.
Low pressure is basically a sucking mechanism in the sense that it draws the air inward.
The earliest fishes probably fed on detritus, and a sucking action is retained by their extant representatives (lampreys and hagfishes).
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The Silicon Valley buzzword has the aftertaste of a sucked battery.
Time magazine said it resembled an Oldsmobile sucking a lemon.
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