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Recent Examples of sucked
If Rowan sucked at her job, she’d be fired.
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Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Liverpool need to play a smart game and not get sucked into a frantic contest like United did.
—Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Also, doing laundry communally sucked.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
God, the logistics of procuring alcohol underage sucked so hard.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
Not like the movies, you wont get sucked out.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2024
Friday of Week 4 was the Tyson-Paul fight, which sucked up the sports viewing oxygen.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
Most of the vote-offs were clearly telegraphed and the Redemption Island twist sucked the life out of Survivor's signature moment — the vote-off.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Kapadia at this point has completely sucked us in.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Liverpool need to play a smart game and not get sucked into a frantic contest like United did.
—Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Also, doing laundry communally sucked.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
God, the logistics of procuring alcohol underage sucked so hard.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
Not like the movies, you wont get sucked out.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2024
Friday of Week 4 was the Tyson-Paul fight, which sucked up the sports viewing oxygen.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
Most of the vote-offs were clearly telegraphed and the Redemption Island twist sucked the life out of Survivor's signature moment — the vote-off.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Kapadia at this point has completely sucked us in.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucked
Verb
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Officers patrolling on an upper level of the subway station then smelled and saw smoke, and went to investigate, according to Tisch.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA TODAY,
23 Dec. 2024
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Officers on a routine patrol at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station smelled and saw smoke and discovered the woman on fire, standing in the middle of the subway car.—
Susan Haigh,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Why is Trump so obsessed with California water policy, especially an endangered fish called the delta smelt?—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2025
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Long before humans were able to smelt iron from natural ores, meteoric iron was used by people as a welcome alternative.—
David Bressan,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Sucked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucked. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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