dragging

Example Sentences

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How do you advocate for yourself without coming across as whiny or dragging a coworker into the conversation when they probably never intended to reveal their salary?

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

But they came under particular pressure Friday thanks to a confluence of disparate developments worldwide, dragging down major indexes from Tokyo to New York, with the S&P 500 dropping 1.2% from Thursday’s all-time high.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Surging bond yields were spooking investors on Friday, dragging down Asian, European, and U.S. stocks.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Served with rice and warm bread for dragging through the sauce, it landed somewhere between curry, stew and strategic fridge clean-out — which, honestly, is one of my favorite genres of cooking.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

I crept down the silent house, inside the walls to Aunt Fannie’s, dragging the sack along the narrow trail.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck