Similar words: pull in, pull the strings, galling, rolling, willing, yelling, milling, swelling. Meaning: [pʊl] n. the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you.
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151. She lost her balance and fell back on the old iron bedstead, pulling the old woman off her feet.
152. Consider the following brief passage: Mary heard the alarm and groaned inwardly, pulling the covers over her head.
153. He slammed the milk bottle down on top of the bedside cabinet, pulling the drawer open.
154. They carry your luggage and your provisions; they will even keep you amused along the way by pulling faces.
155. Pulling no punches, he asked Vincent what on earth had possessed him to behave so grotesquely.
156. In fact, breaking one of the bonds, by pulling an electron out of it, requires a lot of energy.
157. He had put on his overcoat and was pulling the collar up about his ears.
158. Ever since I was a teenager, I have had the bad habit of pulling and twisting my hair.
159. Piers lay down flat on his towel, pulling an old cap over his eyes.
160. Sometimes, staying put is a greater act of courage than pulling up stakes and starting anew.
161. John gets down under the bed, awkwardly pulling himself forward with his elbows.
162. I lifted the brass fender and got to work pulling the crude green tiles away by hand.
163. Tilting the head back, aiming accurately and pulling down the lower lid were other areas of difficulty.
164. He started wailing and crying and pulling at the corpses and had to be dragged away.
165. Of most concern is getting the best sound out of the instrument without the strings pulling it apart and needing returning too often.
166. Doctors reasoned that limbs left untreated would draw into deformity by strong muscles pulling against weakened ones.
167. A girl pulling swedes in a field senses the shadow of parachutes and gapes up, knees braced and hair tangling.
168. Nine-stone Deirdre, 39, halted the driverless car by pulling on the door handle.
169. The blue train is pulling away from me in the drizzle, gathering speed, effortlessly accelerating along its elevated track.
170. The effort of pulling back the curtain brought a renewed stab of pain.
171. He showed outstanding bravery, pulling his legs up until the very last minute.
172. The tannoy interrupts again, pulling me out of my reverie and making my heart pound; it's my call.
173. Timmy says much the same thing but with less diplomacy, writing that harsh criticism and negativity are pulling the team apart.
174. Some one was pulling at her clothes, a hand shook her shoulder, and then a thumb rolled back her eyelid.
175. But they're not steel now, they're snakes, and they're coiling round my ankles, still relentlessly pulling.
176. He lifted it and red ants scurried and bustled,[www.Sentencedict.com] pulling and pushing their torpedo-shaped eggs to safety.
177. She got up, pulling back the bedclothes and releasing the blinds on both windows.
178. Hold for a count of 10, pulling up a little higher with each count.
179. Despite pulling the elevator back and the aeroplane changing attitude, it carried on, sinking fast.
180. Some members of this class haven't been pulling their weight.
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