tugged

Example Sentences

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This is not a museum-piece translation, a dusty tablet behind glass, but a reanimation, a voice tugged up from the clay and made to speak again in a tongue that is ours.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

"For astronomers, our go-to 'Doppler' method for weighing planets involves making careful measurements of the star's velocity as it's tugged by its retinue of planets." said Erik Petigura, a co-author from UCLA.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

Coaxed and tugged by rangers, a blindfolded giraffe totters into the specialised vehicle that will transport it away from an increasingly hostile environment to a new home in Kenya's eastern Rift Valley.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

Abu Warda, 34, tugged at the ropes securing the load, and hitched the trailer to his tractor.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2025

She allowed me to hold her for barely a moment before she took my hand and tugged.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman