How to Use suction in a Sentence

suction

1 of 2 noun

• The vacuum cleaner picks up dirt by suction.
• The octopus grasps things using suction.
• Our tester was impressed with the suction power of the 70mai.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2022
• The suction can act to bring the hair or other blockage up the drain to be removed.
  — Brittany Anas, House Beautiful, 29 July 2023
• They were then towed out to sea and tethered to the giant suction anchors.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
• Its dual-speed suction and long battery life will clean a whole day's worth of mess.
  — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 15 Nov. 2022
• The suction is very strong, but as a result, the battery doesn’t last very long before needing a charge again.
  — Nancy Einhart, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2023
• Ah, the sweet, sweet relief of yanking open the front door and letting it suction shut, shutting out the noise and bustle of the city and all of the people in it.
  — Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• The upright vacuum is equipped with strong suction to clean pet hair, dust, and crumbs from hard floors.
  — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 25 May 2023
• It’s got strong suction to pick up debris from hard floors and carpets — without a cord to trail.
  — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
• The co-workers were unable to get Medina out of the tank because he was tangled in the suction tube.
  — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
• Keaton uses a long wand to suction saliva pooling in his dad’s mouth.
  — Tom Murphy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2022
• The suction is strong, the body is relatively lightweight, and the whole thing is easy to maneuver.
  — Matt Jancer, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2022
• The new Roborock vacs also boast an impressive 6,000 Pa of suction.
  — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 4 Jan. 2023
• The vacuum is equipped with a strong suction power and can run for up to 120 minutes on a single charge.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
• Wang then used a suction tube to remove the spider, which was about two millimeters wide.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
• This set comes with six blazepods, a carrying case, three suction mounts, two straps, and two baseplates.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2022
• The wireless charging pad has magnetic suction, and can charge your iWatch, iPhone, and AirPods at the same time.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2023
• Plus, strong suction and what the brand calls HeatForce shorten drying time.
  — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2022
• Use saline drops for children and suction bulbs for toddlers or infants.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2022
• The set comes with five realistic bird options to hand from the bendy wire and a suction replacement.
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
• It’s equipped with strong suction power to pick up pet hair, dust, and other debris from hard floors and carpets.
  — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
• The battery provides as much as 60 minutes of suction on high power.
  — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 26 June 2023
• The nurse wrapped her fingers around the device’s looped handle and pulled back, creating suction.
  — Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2022
• Beyond that, the brand designed its suction to mimic a baby’s.
  — Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 16 Sep. 2022
• The strong suction works on any flat surface, and the adhesive backing sticks firmly on phones and phone cases.
  — Matthew Parker, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2023
• The mandoline features eight suction cups on the underside to keep it from sliding, and the handle that controls the blade can be locked in place.
  — Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Dec. 2022
• The chunky body and cord lends the appliance considerably more suction, too.
  — Grace Smith, Southern Living, 5 July 2023
• Although most kids are terrified of the gum scrapers that leave them with sore teeth, Sofia found the drilling and suction of the tools to be satisfying.
  — Angie Diaz, oregonlive, 23 July 2023
• The rapid loss of cabin pressure caused oxygen masks to drop from the ceiling, and suction as air rushed from the hole exerted force on people inside the plane.
  — David Koenig, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024

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suction

2 of 2 verb

• The surgeon will suction blood out of the area.
• The fat cells are then disposed and can never return to the area they were suctioned from.
  — Bryce Gruber, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Mar. 2016
• Each bottle can be hung on a shower hook or suctioned to the wall for easy use.
  — Lauren Joseph, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2019
• At his lab, the four resident nurse sharks swim in a tank looking for food to suction up.
  — Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2022
• For babies, suction the mucus from the nose with a bulb syringe.
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 25 Aug. 2023
• Jaffe had the kind of berries-and-cream upbringing that tends to suction people into stasis and turn them stale.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2023
• The ezpz Happy Mat suctions right to the table, and its super-tight seal guarantees less of a mess (no more flipped plates!).
  — Katina Beniaris, Woman's Day, 28 Mar. 2017
• My right vocal cord was now paralysed; the nurse who tried to suction my lungs got the tube stuck before turning the suction on.
  — Francesco Clark, refinery29.com, 8 Mar. 2021
• My right vocal cord was now paralyzed; the nurse who tried to suction my lungs got the tube stuck before turning the suction on.
  — Francesco Clark, refinery29.com, 9 Mar. 2021
• This can be from over-ear headphones cupping your ears or in-ear buds suctioning the inside of your ear to block out sounds.
  — Loren Brutsch, Health, 15 Feb. 2023
• One option is corralling the oil so that it can be skimmed or suctioned, which is difficult in roiling seas.
  — Daniel Akst, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2017
• Doctors performed a procedure to suction huge clots from her brain, only to find that new ones had formed.
  — New York Times, 16 Apr. 2021
• When the hole is about three feet deep, groundwater rushes in and is suctioned out with a mechanical pump.
  — Paul Tullis, National Geographic, 6 Mar. 2019
• To help tackle tricky stains and smells in your home, this machine has a tough stain tool for scrubbing and suctioning away debris like dirt, dander, and hair.
  — Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2023
• The light and air source allow the examiner to see inside the colon, and the suction port allows the examiner to clean or suction out liquid from the colon.
  — Taayoo Murray, Health.com, 9 Dec. 2021
• Raymond taught the Phanatic what became his signature moves: how to whomp his paunch, how to suction a plunger to the head of a bald man, how to stand at a distance and land rings on the plunger.
  — New York Times, 6 Aug. 2021
• For textured dashboards, there’s a glass disc with an adhesive back included in the box that gives the cup something to suction onto.
  — Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 24 Apr. 2022
• Young suctioned out birth debris from the baby's mouth and everybody rubbed her with hands and towels to trigger breathing.
  — Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2018
• Dozens of times a day, her parents, Rafael and Sonia, use a special machine to suction out saliva and phlegm from their older daughter’s mouth.
  — Jocelyn Wiener, The Atlantic, 19 May 2017
• Dozens of times a day, her parents, Rafael and Sonia, use a special machine to suction out saliva and phlegm from their oldest daughter’s mouth.
  — Jocelyn Wiener, Kaiser Health News, 22 May 2017
• Inside the doors of the gym, risk is elevated, and so too is the debate over whether to wear a mask that could suction to the nose and mouth, as Victoria Williams' cloth covering did.
  — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 11 June 2020
• That's why the iRobot Roomba Vacuum — which suctions up dirt, debris, and hair on all floor types — could be a worthy investment.
  — NBC News, 27 Nov. 2019
• It can be done with heat by lighting flammable liquid in a glass cup and suctioning that to the back once the flame goes out, with the decrease in temperature creating the suction.
  — Alysha Tsuji, For The Win, 25 Jan. 2018
• The ring of Zynae’s laughter has been replaced in the house by the loud, raw sound of the machine that her parents and nurses use to regularly suction and clear her mouth to avoid choking.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 8 July 2019
• The researchers used dead clingfish because previous studies had shown the dead fish could still suction with 96 percent the tenacity of live fish.
  — Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2013
• This smart vac offers solid suctioning power and was remarkably easy to set up, which was why our testers enjoyed it.
  — Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2020
• Instead of a hand or clasp, the gripper is a balloon filled with styrofoam pellets and coffee grounds that conforms to objects and holds them tight when air is suctioned out.
  — Matthew Hutson, Science | AAAS, 17 July 2017
• Sophia's nose needs to be suctioned at least once an hour, her equipment repeatedly changed out or sanitized.
  — oregonlive, 26 Oct. 2019
• Astronauts need to make sure their excrement hits a roughly dish-sized hole, which suctions it into a plastic bag.
  — Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED, 11 June 2019
• This top-performing vacuum wowed us with its ability to suction up debris from both medium- and high-pile carpet, as well as hard surfaces like tile and hardwood.
  — Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024