Sentence examples for sucking up from inspiring English sources

"sucking up" is a commonly used phrase in written English
It means to flatter someone in an excessive or obsequious manner in order to gain favor. For example: "My boss knows I'm just sucking up, but I complimented him anyway."

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sucking up

verb

Present participle of suck up

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Sucking up to Ralph Reed.

"It's sucking up oil from tar sands.

"I'm sucking up, that's why I'm here.

This is not sucking up to Satan.

Television is sucking up all the stories.

"Right now, it's a space we're not using much that's just sucking up water".

Pitch meetings, rife with sucking up and bogus fervor, are among Fogelson's least favorite executive tasks.

Some think that a slowdown in the sucking up has already begun.

"I've never really understood people who climb socially by sucking up," Denton told me.

"He was not sucking up, he wasn't in awe, but he wasn't disrespectful either.

"Before we met, Emerson was a pretty serious guy — staying inside all day, sucking up information".

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