sucked out
Example Sentences
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“I’ve lived most of my life as a futurist, and I don’t hate technology. I’m certainly no Luddite — but I’ve had a lot of the hope sucked out of me in the post-COVID years.”
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
Ferguson said he felt the energy being sucked out of him.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
The anticipation and exuberance that bounced around in the arena moments ago gets sucked out of the concrete and cold dread rushes in.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
So much oil got sucked out of the port and its neighborhoods that the ground started to subside, in some places yards deep.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2025
As it was, his stomach tried to stay behind in Greece and all the air was sucked out of his lungs.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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