pull the wires
Example Sentences
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Next, pull the wires through the hole in the middle, and attach them to the terminal screws on the bracket.
From The Verge ● Feb. 9, 2022
As the sun moves across the sky, small motors pull the wires to adjust the mirrors’ pitch.
From Forbes ● Jul. 8, 2015
He is always lecturing where a dramatist must be content to pull the wires.
From Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
Life is a huge sham, and we are all masked puppets, jumping grotesquely, just as the strongest hands pull the wires.
From Infelice by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
Those who lead rebellion, or pull the wires of conspiracies, are seldom open with those they lead, any more than the policy of King's Ministers is wholly spread before the people.
From Princess Maritza by Brebner, Percy James
