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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of suckle.

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  • adjective (of an infant) breast-fed

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Examples

  • And yet, when you look at the most successful authors (new and old), and I mean the bigtime successful ones, across the board the vast majority are ones who have never suckled from the teat of overt marketing/promotion.

    This is Your Brain. This is Your Brain on Drugs. 2007

  • I stayed silent, mostly because I really hated it when she said the word “suckled.”

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • The way he had of patting her breast as he suckled, the incalculable wisdom in his newborn eyes.

    Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011

  • His clever Reginleit stroked him so perfectly as she suckled.

    Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

  • As he suckled her, she clutched him close, kneading the muscles in his back with growing fervor.

    Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

  • I grew up as a Chicaza noble, literally suckled on the art of war; but until the arrival of the Kristianos . . .

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • I stayed silent, mostly because I really hated it when she said the word “suckled.”

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • The way he had of patting her breast as he suckled, the incalculable wisdom in his newborn eyes.

    Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011

  • The way he had of patting her breast as he suckled, the incalculable wisdom in his newborn eyes.

    Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011

  • His clever Reginleit stroked him so perfectly as she suckled.

    Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

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