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
Do you ride foremost—but on no account pull trigger, or draw your sword, without my orders.
From The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion by Caruthers, William A. (Alexander)
Thus prepared, he would await the approach of the bear with perfect coolness, nor pull trigger until he was close at hand.
From The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West by Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de
I had raised my piece, sighted the noble game, and was about to pull trigger, when, to my astonishment, the animal sprang off from the cliff; and, turning back downward, fell heavily into the gorge!
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne
The men were panting with eagerness, but not one was allowed to pull trigger, nor was a cannon fired.
From The Star of Gettysburg A Story of Southern High Tide by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
