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

Take a good, steady aim, Dick, right behind his eye, so as not to hit the antelope: and when I say fire, pull trigger as softly as you can.

From Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers by Hildibrand, Henri Théophile

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)

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)

In the naval battle he had seen the Frenchman pull trigger upon him.

From The Rulers of the Lakes A Story of George and Champlain by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)