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Recent Examples of sucks
Keep your home spotless with the mini Bissell Little Green carpet cleaner and one of our favoritecordless vacuums, which easily sucks up pet hair and daily debris.
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Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
Kaulo living through The Immortal Man is sort of a surprise, because otherwise, this movie’s treatment of women sucks.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Dyson’s powerful motor sucks up everything from dirt and dust to spills and stains on carpet, tile, and hardwood flooring using a smart sensor to indicate dirt levels.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2026
The fact of the matter is that this just plain sucks.
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
Turner recently lost the NBA, which sucks and contributed about half the 9 percent ad sales drop in the final quarter of 2025.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
What comes inside sucks all the sound and air out of the pub.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Sub Zero is a black hole of sound that sucks the color out of everything around it and makes a universe out of what feels like nothingness.
—Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2026
That’s because fans are designed to remove moisture quickly, which can often create negative pressure that sucks warm air out of the room faster than the central HVAC can replace it, especially in winter.
—Asia London Palomba, The Spruce, 9 Feb. 2026
Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
Kaulo living through The Immortal Man is sort of a surprise, because otherwise, this movie’s treatment of women sucks.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Dyson’s powerful motor sucks up everything from dirt and dust to spills and stains on carpet, tile, and hardwood flooring using a smart sensor to indicate dirt levels.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2026
The fact of the matter is that this just plain sucks.
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
Turner recently lost the NBA, which sucks and contributed about half the 9 percent ad sales drop in the final quarter of 2025.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
What comes inside sucks all the sound and air out of the pub.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Sub Zero is a black hole of sound that sucks the color out of everything around it and makes a universe out of what feels like nothingness.
—Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2026
That’s because fans are designed to remove moisture quickly, which can often create negative pressure that sucks warm air out of the room faster than the central HVAC can replace it, especially in winter.
—Asia London Palomba, The Spruce, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucks
smells
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The air smells damp and jungly (in the best possible way) and is sweetened with a hint of frangipani.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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The store is small, independently run and smells oh-so good.—
Samantha Husted,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Sucks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucks. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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