tugging
Example Sentences
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Tugging on the upper half lifts the lower half, too — like pulling sheets up over a bed.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022
Tugging it in the other direction is her voice lurking under the surface, suggesting that maybe she doesn’t quite know what she wants to be either — and that’s okay.
From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2022
Tugging at my hands, our son and daughter excitedly led me from room to room.
From Slate • Jun. 15, 2016
Tugging at the sleeves of his red crew-neck shirt, he walks into an empty conference room, settles his 6-foot 5-inch frame into a swivel chair and exhales.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2016
Tugging and pulling, I worked the can out of my pocket and dumped it out in front of him and looked up.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
