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blood-sucking

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for blood-sucking.

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All the blood-sucking leeches are there (the government, banks, and the building itself) plus one more blood-sucking leech: the landlord.

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Quick take

alternative form of bloodsucking [(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.]

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adjective

alternative form of bloodsucking [(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for blood-sucking.

adjective

alternative form of bloodsucking [(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.]

Example sentences

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All the blood-sucking leeches are there (the government, banks, and the building itself) plus one more blood-sucking leech: the landlord.

2

The banking industry may have metastasized from a service industry to a giant vampire squid, but that doesn't mean every company turned into slimy blood-sucking leeches.

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The worst species are often invasive species anyway, and aren't the only blood-sucking mosquito in these areas.

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Not helpers, but blood-sucking (or the bee equivalent to blood: hemolymph) aliens that are causing quite a problem for beekeepers.

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Life would go on just fine if we could genetically target those blood-sucking varieties and zero them out.

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Sure - cultural bias of human against blood-sucking goblins doesn't sound too bad.

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>genetically target those blood-sucking varieties and zero them out This is exactly what some scientists are doing.

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Once it was put to them in that way, we were no longer an annoying flea but a blood-sucking tick that needed burned.

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I also think part of the problem is that it's the blood-sucking octopus entities that pay all the money normally for such development and then use it to sharpen their fangs on the public.

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By contrast, US dollars attract blood-sucking bankers.

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That he has done this because he's an evil, blood-sucking politician who says anything to get approval is an attempt at explaining why Obama has changed his positions over time.

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Is there some list of blood-sucking creatures I can refer to, which indicates which ones you will consider a personal attack, and which ones you will not?

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use blood-sucking in a sentence?

All the blood-sucking leeches are there (the government, banks, and the building itself) plus one more blood-sucking leech: the landlord.

What does blood-sucking mean?

alternative form of bloodsucking [(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.]

What part of speech is blood-sucking?

blood-sucking is commonly used as adjective.