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
It’s like oxygen, like when the air is being sucked out of the room by your circumstances, your trauma, your pain or whatever.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 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
If the bottom falls out again, everyone will feel the impact of that money getting sucked out of the economy.
From Salon • May 2, 2025
He heard Kaisha and Reg say something to him, but he couldn’t parse the words, and it was like all the oxygen in the room had been sucked out.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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