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Example sentences for: sucks

How can you use “sucks” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Though he successfully sucks up to the West, Yeltsin is bad for Russia, because he makes empty promises to maintain control.
While doing his best to expose the men behind the curtain--Ertegun, Warhol, McLaren--Miller rarely falls into the pat stance of so many social-crit rock writers who, unable to trust their ears, rely upon unspoken formulations like Commercial = Sucks and judge all music accordingly.
Then Starr begins his two hour presentation, and he sucks the air out of the room.
. Sam's right: Washington sucks."
and, if my Farsi is any good (and it's not), "Giuliani, although uninvolved in Iranian affairs, sucks."