dragging

Example Sentences

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The carousel of leaders has taken its toll, driving up borrowing costs and dragging down investment.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

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

“Those talks are still ongoing, with ITV promising an update soon. While it’s impossible to say why talks are dragging on, one can only speculate it is disagreement about price,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

There's been so much change at Celtic, Martin O'Neill's wise counsel dragging the team forward and back into contention after the dismal days under Nancy.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Zooming past would-be customers, a mother dragging a young kid by the wrist shot toward my stand.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas