- present participle of pull.
pulling
Example Sentences
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Buoyed by a stock-market boom that has added trillions of dollars to their net worth, the extremely rich are even pulling away from other rich Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Equally fascinating was his pulling back the curtain, so to speak, on the culture of football, particularly the NFL, where the expectation for players is to follow orders and “shut up and play.”
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026
Given Stafford’s history of dramatic comebacks, the Rams were on the verge of possibly pulling out a victory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Nicola Irvine, who lives in Crews Hole, said it had been like "pulling teeth" getting the EA to investigate the pollution since she contacted them in July 2025.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
“You look so deep in thought. You’ve been looking that way more and more lately. I would say ever since Grandma came,” Dad says, pulling me back inside the car for our morning commute.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
