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
This man he got merely to play simple airs in slow time, so that the assistants could keep the time and the air and pull the wires accordingly.
From Michael, Brother of Jerry by Jack London
“I think perhaps I can pull the wires and procure you some sustenance if you will say the word.”
From Outside Inn by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Kelley
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 Sir Leslie Stephen
