tugging

Example Sentences

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It refers to the way a rotating black hole twists the spacetime around it, tugging on nearby matter such as stars and causing their paths to wobble.

From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2025

“Other components of the economy are tugging on the consumer,” said Ivan Drury, an automotive analyst for the car-shopping website Edmunds.com.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

You know when you watch the Super Bowl as a neutral fan and you can feel your brain tugging your body toward one side or another?

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

That weekend, I noticed myself impatiently tugging at Otto’s leash on his morning walk despite the fact that it was the first nice Saturday we’d had in weeks and we had nowhere else to be.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025

Clare waited for that familiar sensation—the realm of Pain tugging steadily on the invisible thread that ran through his veins.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman