yank

Example Sentences

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A minute later, Dad yanks the car onto an exit ramp.

From Literature

She yanked and tried to bite at them.

From Literature

I yanked my arm down and shoved my hand under the desk so Ms. W. would forget it had been raised.

From Literature

Her walker sank an inch into the sandy lakeshore each time she leaned on it and she had to yank upward to lift it enough to move it forward again.

From Literature

While the crimes that happened in the film may not have actually happened, the personalities of the fictional parties involved may as well be yanked from real-life Minnesotans.

From Salon