suction
Example Sentences
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Plant officials said that levels in the Danube were so low that the suction nozzles used to take in water could not reach it.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
She scraped my skin with firm, painful strokes, and then moved on to cupping, placing glass suction cups across my back and shoulders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
These are almost certainly cutter suction dredgers, of which China has the world's largest fleet: some of them can scoop up 6,000 cubic metres an hour, enough to fill two Olympic-sized swimming pools.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
The price of plastic has risen roughly 50 percent since before the Iran war, Chen told AFP as workers behind him fastened suction tubes to metal tanks.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
I gripped the rail as the ship fought against the suction.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
