How to Use suck in in a Sentence

suck in

verb
  • Things are going to suck in life.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Chopping wood sucks in such a great way.
    — Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Then the shirt comes off and the stomach is sucked in.
    — David Kamp, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
  • There’s nothing special about how he got sucked in.
    — Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
  • There, he got sucked in — to blackjack, poker, roulette.
    — Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 5 Apr. 2026
  • But not everything gets sucked in.
    — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 4 June 2026
  • Now all the Browns need to do is … suck in 2026.
    — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Put a bowl with a few charcoal briquettes on a shelf to suck in and trap strong smells.
    — ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The bite is often subtle, as a bass simply sucks in this lure.
    — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 24 Apr. 2023
  • These cold regions slow down gas molecules enough to be sucked in.
    — Rebecca Ramirez, NPR, 22 June 2024
  • When using it, don't suck in air near the fire -- that hot air and ash can damage the tool.
    — Anthony Marcusa, chicagotribune.com, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Lauren, who might also have been Catholic, sucked in her breath.
    — Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Defenders will be sucked in from the perimeter.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
  • In this case, the device was able to suck in part of the worm's tail and drag it out—still squirming.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025
  • But in the crowded and stressful rush of everyday life, they will get sucked in.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • Horses have massive lungs—the animals are born to run and suck in loads of air in the process.
    — Wired, 28 July 2022
  • The halos’ strong gravity sucked in gas, which collapsed to form stars.
    — Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 28 Mar. 2023
  • There is simply no really big idea on the horizon that will suck in investors for the long haul.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • Read our interview with the author here—then give it a download and prepare to get sucked in.
    — Sarah Felbin, SELF, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The fan that sucks in combustion air and blows out exhaust gases stopped spinning.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
  • With the strongest storms, the inflow can be sucked in at 50-60-plus miles per hour.
    — Megan McCluskey, TIME, 19 July 2024
  • In the first test, hair got stuck to the brush roll and popcorn kernels resisted being sucked in.
    — Christie Calucchia, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The quagmire has sucked in hundreds of thousands of service members on both sides.
    — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • This creates a bubble of low pressure, which sucks in air, creating wind.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Each ship that goes through the canal uses millions of gallons of water that gets sucked in from nearby lakes.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Air travelers across the country have been suck in longer-than-usual lines in recent weeks.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Reviewers say the design is butt-lifting and sucks in the stomach for an ultra-lean look.
    — Dana Leigh Smith, Glamour, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The rising air also can cause intense updrafts that suck in air at a rate to cause strong winds to develop.
    — Fox News, 6 Sep. 2020
  • The first black holes could suck in about one solar mass of material from the horizon around themselves.
    — Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2020
  • It’s designed to reduce smoke so you don’t get smoked out and sucks in oxygen from below, blasting hot air over the fire.
    — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023

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