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Recent Examples of sucked
The 2025 season began with six quarterbacks who had won Super Bowls, a product of the amount of oxygen that Patrick Mahomes and Brady have sucked out of the position.
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Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026
On this occasion, Arsenal’s team and fans became equally beset by nerves — a vicious cycle of anxiety that sucked the life (and the noise) out of the Emirates Stadium.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Somewhere along the way, the private jet goes down and everybody dies — in excessively painful ways, as Raimi gleefully shows them being sucked out of the plane and strangled by their own neckties — except for Linda and Bradley.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
The 2025 season began with six quarterbacks who had won Super Bowls, a product of the amount of oxygen that Patrick Mahomes and Brady have sucked out of the position.
—Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
Watching a bead be sucked out of this child’s nose is weirdly satisfying.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
People of all ages packed the seats, some dressed up, chatting before Howard Shore’s score sucked viewers into Middle Earth.
—Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2026
They get sucked into the witch’s natural world of mysticism.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
Instead of sweetening it, the relatives clamped a sugar cube between their incisors and loudly sucked the tea through it.
—Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026
On this occasion, Arsenal’s team and fans became equally beset by nerves — a vicious cycle of anxiety that sucked the life (and the noise) out of the Emirates Stadium.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Somewhere along the way, the private jet goes down and everybody dies — in excessively painful ways, as Raimi gleefully shows them being sucked out of the plane and strangled by their own neckties — except for Linda and Bradley.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
The 2025 season began with six quarterbacks who had won Super Bowls, a product of the amount of oxygen that Patrick Mahomes and Brady have sucked out of the position.
—Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
Watching a bead be sucked out of this child’s nose is weirdly satisfying.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
People of all ages packed the seats, some dressed up, chatting before Howard Shore’s score sucked viewers into Middle Earth.
—Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2026
They get sucked into the witch’s natural world of mysticism.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
Instead of sweetening it, the relatives clamped a sugar cube between their incisors and loudly sucked the tea through it.
—Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucked
smelled
Verb
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The cabin smelled of rot and wood smoke.—
Nick Dothée,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Bobcats guard Mark Drone dribbled into a high ball screen on the right side of the floor; the team's lead bucket-getter smelled an opportunity for a career-defining moment.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Sucked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucked. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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