tugging

Example Sentences

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You can feel the vectored torque tugging at the wheel as it fights off understeer in a tight turn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

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

A third of it wants to be a feisty industry satire, but the rest believes there’s prestige value in tugging on the heartstrings.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

Omar Fateh steadied himself before the camera and flashed a smile between heavy blinks, the weight of a nearly sleepless night tugging at his eyelids.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2025

Ivy frowned and shook her head disapprovingly, but she didn’t keep tugging Josie toward the exit, just back closer to the wall.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix