dragging

Example Sentences

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Dragging the tree back to the car, we told stories, laughed and tripped over snowbanks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Dragging on another cigarette, Mr Hsu looks unmoved: "I hear it every day now. It's like they're reading from a script."

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023

Dragging themselves through the muddy, treacherous rainforests of the Darién Gap, they took a break every 10 minutes.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2023

"Dragging a trailer full of chips around is not the most intense, tough ask," said Oliver Dixon, senior analyst at consultancy Guidehouse.

From Reuters • Dec. 16, 2022

Dragging himself to a scale, he found that he had suffered away ten and a half pounds in one night.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand