Sentence examples for suck from inspiring English sources

The word "suck" is correct and usable in written English but it is considered informal or impolite language.
It can be used to express frustration or disappointment with a situation, or to make a strong point. For example: "This new project is really starting to suck my time away!".

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suck

verb

To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).

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When asked to respond to Simon Cowell's recent comment that Clarkson "started to fight against what made her successful … one minute she wants to make pop records, and then she doesn't," she laughs loudly again, but there's a distinct flash of anger as she says: "Everyone's aware that My Life Would Suck Without You and Already Gone were huge pop hits, right?

It could suck Turkey in and cost Erdogan a great deal".

Christmas Day dinners suck when you're not at home with your family – your only option can be a restaurant that's soulless, and food that's not great.

On Saturday, the Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, pledged his group's allegiance to Islamic State, which rules a self-declared caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria, raising fears that the conflict largely restricted to north-east Nigeria could suck in Isis fighters from north Africa.

Unions have warned that concessions allowing train-operating companies to run both trains and track would suck more taxpayers' money into private profits.

"I would love to direct one day, but I don't want to suck.

Is the casual objectification of women so commonplace that we should all just suck it up, roll over and accept defeat?

She added: "Capitalism is a war economy, it is there to suck everything up for the people with the most power … never trust the government – they never work for you.

You can't teach Newt Gingrich how to suck eggs.

Stick that in your Bee Pollen detoxifying alkaline water and suck it up.

She was grunting, which is a sign of respiratory distress, and she had no suck reflex".

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