lug in
Example Sentences
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The hub of derby activity is a small wooden shack here where fishermen and fisherwomen from across the island lug in their catch in coolers at 8 in the morning and 8 at night.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2012
Why need we always lug in the bridging?—it only retards our discourse to do so.
From Meaning of Truth by James, William
There is a familiar story of Whistler, that when some one praised his latest portrait as equal to Velasquez, he snapped back, "Yes, but why lug in Velasquez?"
From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan
Only take care not to lug in one little detail merely because it interests you, when there is no possibility that, in itself, it can have an interest for him.
From How to Do It by Hale, Edward Everett
"What reason, then, could you have for your extraordinary conduct in trying, against all rule, to lug in here your mere ungrounded conjectures, to prejudice the court and spectators against an innocent man?"
From Gaut Gurley by Thompson, D. P.
