give suck

Example Sentences

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And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!’

From The Burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania by Schneck, B. S. (Benjamin Shroder)

"The muse gave birth to Collins, she did but give suck to Gray."

From English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge by Mair, G. H. (George Herbert)

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd, He shall gather the lambs in his arm, And carry them in his bosom, And shall gently lead those that give suck.

From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Moulton, Richard Green

We have an example of this obscurity in the fourth chapter of the book of Lamentations, where it is said that "even the sea-monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones."

From Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Russell, Michael

"Mothers, after they are divorced, shall give suck unto their children two full years, and the father shall be obliged to maintain them and clothe them according to that which is reasonable."

From The Faith of Islam by Sell, Edward