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Leech is an English word with synonyms like bloodsucker or treat. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Leech meaning

  1. An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
  2. A person who derives advantage from others in a parasitic fashion.
  3. A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.

Synonyms of Leech

bloodsucker treat phlebotomise phlebotomize bleed follower sponger sponge parasite segmented worm annelid worm annelid hirudinean care for

Using Leech

  • The main meaning on this page is: An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis. | A person who derives advantage from others in a parasitic fashion. | A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.
  • Useful related words include: bloodsucker, treat, phlebotomise, phlebotomize.
  • In the example corpus, leech often appears in combinations such as: leech lake, the leech, leech is.

Context around Leech

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 12 start, 6 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Leech

  • In this selection, "leech" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, operation, despite, constance, operation, health and promised stand out and add context to how "leech" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as rictor leech whiz kid and billionaire treason leech would have. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "leech" sits close to words such as abidjan, acb and accesses, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with leech

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Mr Leech said: "He was trying to intervene to prevent any further incident. (13 words)

The original roster featured mutants such as Rictor, Leech, Whiz Kid, and Boom-Boom herself. (15 words)

Simon Leech, mitigating, said members of door staff were being heavy handed towards someone and Seaton intervened. (17 words)

This is aimed at creating a new economic zone ranging from Kolkata on the Bay of Bengal to Ho Chi Minh City on the South China Sea. citation Operation Leech Operation Leech is the name given to an armed operation on the Indo-Burmese border in 1998. (47 words)

The drama was witnessed by fellow inmate William Saunders who told Hampshire Assizes at the trial on July 15 how Rowlands had been shouting and demanding to see a senior officer which Leech promised would happen as he wrote out the report. (42 words)

For several years now, experts have watched the political polarization and spread of voting fraud conspiracies in the United States and worried that such rhetoric would leech into Australia’s domestic politics because of the two countries’ close ties. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

Strangely, Clay and Leech have never been seen in the same place at the same time, despite Leech’s plan to recruit other Gas Pops members for his October 26 (the Stanley Hotel) and 31 (Washington’s) shows.

This is aimed at creating a new economic zone ranging from Kolkata on the Bay of Bengal to Ho Chi Minh City on the South China Sea. citation Operation Leech Operation Leech is the name given to an armed operation on the Indo-Burmese border in 1998.

Constance Leech, 40, said she would be more likely to use Sundridge Park station if the services became more regular.

For several years now, experts have watched the political polarization and spread of voting fraud conspiracies in the United States and worried that such rhetoric would leech into Australia’s domestic politics because of the two countries’ close ties.

From the various archetypes in the prologue, to Harlequin (Marcus Farnsworth) and the Composer (Polly Leech), there were no weak links.

He dismissed Leech for 54 and Farrington for 19, and soon picked up a third wicket to make it 106-4.

Leech is one of these perks that has the potential of keeping a player afloat due to every attack having the chain to heal the player.

Leech of Loftus Hall Apartments, Hazelbrook Square, Churchtown, Dublin 14, pleaded guilty to demanding money with menaces on three occasions during January 2020.

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Not sure agreeing that Pete is doing the exact same amount of nothing a noted billionaire treason leech would have done is exactly the own you think it is.

The combined force of the sword and the shield will leech health from enemies while they slowly bleed out.

The court heard that Leech is a single father whose daughter is being cared for by his parents, who are supportive and pro-social.

The drama was witnessed by fellow inmate William Saunders who told Hampshire Assizes at the trial on July 15 how Rowlands had been shouting and demanding to see a senior officer which Leech promised would happen as he wrote out the report.

The medicinal leech - once used across Europe for bloodletting treatments - has been found in three ponds near Carrick Shore on the Solway Coast.

The original roster featured mutants such as Rictor, Leech, Whiz Kid, and Boom-Boom herself.

Clayton Leech, 30, of Tryweryn Place, Wrexham, was jailed at Mold Crown Court for two years and four months for being concerned in the supply of cocaine.

In his two years with the Broncos, Leech has embraced the new challenges that come with his role.

It was one of (president) Damani Leech’s first community appearances was driving out to a jamboree at Cherry Creek to see everything in action.

MP John Leech joined around 4,000 fans at a demonstration outside the stadium to make their feelings known.

Mr Leech said: "He was trying to intervene to prevent any further incident.

Simon Leech, mitigating, said members of door staff were being heavy handed towards someone and Seaton intervened.

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Common combinations with leech

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "leech" in a sentence?
An example: "Strangely, Clay and Leech have never been seen in the same place at the same time, despite Leech’s plan to recruit other Gas Pops members for his October 26 (the Stanley Hotel) and 31 (Washington’s) shows." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "leech" from authentic English texts.
What does "leech" mean?
Leech means: An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
What are synonyms of "leech"?
Common synonyms of "leech" include: bloodsucker, treat, phlebotomise, phlebotomize, bleed, follower, sponger, sponge. Plus 6 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "leech" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "leech", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.