tugged
Example Sentences
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Tugged by the pirates, the passengers made it near the Malaysian island of Pulau Penang, and eventually to a nearby refugee camp run by the government.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2015
Usually just known as The Fighting Temeraire, its full title is The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken up, 1838.
From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2010
Tugged three ways at once, the scholar finds himself spread thin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tugged by his dogs, Chapman tried to dodge the blackberry bushes and oak and hickory trees revealed in the pale light of the lamp on his miner's helmet.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tugged me down the steps fast as I could go.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
