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How to use suck in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Suck means an instance of drawing something into one's lungs by inhaling or into one's mouth by suction. Example: “The baby sucked (milk) on her bottle.”

Examples of suck by meaning

nounAn instance of drawing something into one's lungs by inhaling or into one's mouth by suction.

  • Bammer agreed “Probably a good idea,” he agreed with a quick suck on his straw, “won't stop you from picking up any of these chicks, though.”2001, D. Martin Doney, Prayer Capsule: A Book of Honesty, page 261

nounMilk drawn from the breast.

  • The infant took suck in an instant, pulling strongly.2010, Barbara Tieken, Bull Vaulter: Alena of the Isle of Green, page 202

nounAn indrawing of gas or liquid caused by suction.

  • On a proper workbench this can often be achieved between the end vice and a dog, though more sophisticated products use either the suck of a vacuum cleaner or just friction.2005, Nick Gibbs, Ultimate Woodworking Course, page 136

nounThe ability to suck; suction.

  • A plow should not have too much suck or it will run on its nose in hard land and put unnecessary weight.2017, Oliver B. Zimmerman, Internal Combustion Engines and Tractors, page 153

nounA weak, self-pitying person; a person who refuses to go along with others, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore...

  • You're such a suck,” her sister said.1999, Hiromi Goto, “Drift”, in Ms., volume 9, number 3, pages 82–6
  • I used to think she was such a suck!2008, Beth Hitchcock, “Parenting Pair”, in Today's Parent, volume 25, number 5, page 64

nounA sycophant, especially a child.

  • You are McGlade's suck.1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press, page 23

nounBadness or mediocrity.

  • I'm aware of my suck.2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 34

verbTo use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).

  • The baby sucked (milk) on her bottle.

More sentences with suck

  • I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!From the entry get
  • Jimmy sucked up to the English teacher hoping he would get an A.From the entry suck up
  • This is the component of the vacuum cleaner that sucks in dust.From the entry suck in
  • I really didn't want to be on the committee, but somehow I got sucked in.From the entry suck in
  • I really didn't want to be on the committee, but somehow I got sucked into it.From the entry suck into
  • Today's youth's brains are sucked void of common sense.From the entry void
  • The dry soil sucked up water like a sponge.From the entry suck up
  • I got the promotion, and you didn't, so suck it.From the entry suck it
  • Hot refuels require the fueling crew to take great care to avoid getting sucked into the operating engine.From the entry hot refuel
  • It sucks that I can't even open my phone and check my emails without doomscrolling social media for an hour!From the entry doomscroll
  • I'll buy a ticket to that. Working here really sucks.From the entry buy a ticket to
  • He was sucked under by the riptide.From the entry suck under
  • The power of the riptide sucked him under.From the entry suck under
  • Where's the funny? Your meme sucks.From the entry funny
  • This game sucks, Imma refund it.From the entry refund
  • There are now several stories of people being sucked into ChatGPT-induced delusions, or even “AI psychosis”.2026 April 29, Jamie Bartlett, “Meet the AI jailbreakers: ‘I see the worst things humanity has produced’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry AI psychosis
  • And it's hard for me not to get sucked in, particularly as someone who loves gossip.2025 April 6, Kate Ng, “How scandal rocked the internet's knitting community: 'Not a week goes by without drama'”, in The Independent…. From the entry KnitTok
  • She sucked in her cheeks, making her lips all pouty, and took a selfie.2020 October, Eileen Moskowitz-Palma, School Squad (The Popularity Pact; 2), New York, N.Y.: Running Press Kids, →ISBN. From the entry snap
  • Coco sucked and licked G-money's fingers as she took the back shots like a soldier.2019 December 23, Damont L. Diggs, Wait, Lulu.com, →ISBN, →OCLC. From the entry pipe down
  • But difficult clients did suck some of the joy out of her job.2015, Sheila Roberts, chapter 1, in A Wedding on Primrose Street, Don Mills, Ont.: Mira Books, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry momzilla
  • If you can embrace the suck, you can overcome almost any obstacle or difficulty.2015, Rob Roy, Chris Lawson, The Navy SEAL Art of War, →ISBN. From the entry embrace the suck
  • I suck at this game worse than anything has sucked in the history of suckage.2015, Elisabeth Staab, At the Stars. From the entry suckage
  • The gravity of our situation sucks all the air out of the truck cab.2015, Ryan Correy, A Purpose Ridden, →ISBN. From the entry suck all the air out of
  • It is as though she sucks all the air out of a room.2015, Sandra Buechler, Understanding and Treating Patients in Clinical Psychoanalysis, →ISBN. From the entry suck all the air out of
  • Claire Pride Parade, and do we want our presence in the parade to suck, Kaiylee?2015, Annie Harper, editor, Summer Love: An LGBTQ Collection, Duet, →ISBN, page 8. From the entry crappitude
  • As if girls have nothing to do but behave like honey bees to suck their nectar.2014, Sneha Mehta, Siya Seth Decides to Die. From the entry bluh
  • A delicious mix of glassy sweets that you could suck for hours.2014, Julie Shaw, In Cold Blood: A Brother's Sworn Vengeance. From the entry Yorkshire mixture
  • It is time she was given a fair suck of the sauce bottle, as the Australians say.2013 August 26, Oliver Milman, quoting Boris Johnson, “Boris Johnson calls for free labour exchange between UK and Australia”, in Alan…. From the entry Australian
  • As first reported by Politico, she told them to "embrace the suck."2013 December 13, Ben Zimmer, “Nancy Pelosi Told House Democrats to "Embrace the Suck." Where Did That Phrase Come From?”, in Slate. From the entry Pelosi
  • It was this last possibility that sucked the air out of me.2013, Tommy Housworth, Buddhist Catnaps and Broken-Down Hymns, →ISBN, page 138. From the entry suck the air out of
  • In other words, the detrimentals suck the life out of you.2012, Dr. Frank Springob, Bugs in My Brain, Poison on My Plate, page 137. From the entry detrimental

Meaning of suck

  1. noun An instance of drawing something into one's lungs by inhaling or into one's mouth by suction.
  2. noun Milk drawn from the breast.
  3. noun An indrawing of gas or liquid caused by suction.

Full definition of suck

Questions about suck in a sentence

How do you use suck in a sentence?
Suck is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The baby sucked (milk) on her bottle.”
What is a short sentence with suck?
“You are McGlade's suck.”
What does suck mean?
Suck means an instance of drawing something into one's lungs by inhaling or into one's mouth by suction.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: suck (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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