suck in
Example Sentences
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It needs to suck in the equivalent of an Olympic swimming pool worth of water every few seconds to keep it cool.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
The researchers calculated that a similar closed system, where the pump is enclosed and uses a tube to suck in water and particles, would require high energy inputs to operate.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023
We’re all in this together is the takeaway of Posner’s play — and that doesn’t suck in the least.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2023
Over the past ten years it has developed machines to suck in the air from the atmosphere that filter and trap the carbon dioxide molecules.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2023
I suck in a breath, surprised by the tears gathering in my eyes.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
