tugging

Example Sentences

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Tugging at kite strings in the field are a group of children, their necks craned towards the skies.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025

Tugging on the upper half lifts the lower half, too — like pulling sheets up over a bed.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022

Tugging it in the other direction is her voice lurking under the surface, suggesting that maybe she doesn’t quite know what she wants to be either — and that’s okay.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2022

Tugging at my hands, our son and daughter excitedly led me from room to room.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2016

Tugging my own robe around me, I tried to make my eyes as fiery as hers tended to get.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan