pull trigger

Example Sentences

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“Lightly pull trigger until cheese extrudes from tip,” read the instructions, and you can’t help but think: “My God, what have we done?”

From The Guardian • May 17, 2017

“Now,” said Albareda, who was to give the word, “I shall count three steadily, thus: ‘One—two—three!’ and at the word ‘three’—but not before, remember—you may pull trigger.

From The Cruise of the Thetis A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection by Cuneo, Cyrus

He saw the big bull often, and, although he was charged by him once again, he refused to pull trigger on the old fellow.

From The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

"I shall pull trigger with a steadier hand, ma'am, when I think that your father's daughter is praying for me."

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton

I 've got to think it out, I reckon; this has been a blind fight so far; nothing to it but blazing away as fast as I could pull trigger.

From Molly McDonald A Tale of the Old Frontier by Blumenschein, Ernest L.