Example Sentences

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Pulling up to Felema’s home in Baldwin Hills Estates, the first thing I saw was a Japanese garden tucked on the right side of the home’s facade.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Pulling away from those possibilities to fight each other was random, but the more I thought about it, the more it made sense.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Pulling back on spendable income means families have a smaller margin of error if things go wrong, and may compromise the level of financial support parents can offer college-bound or adult children.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 14, 2026

Pulling back the lens reveals the “accelerated means of protests—mounting, mounting, mounting”—a “persistent and recurring tendency to protest and try to fight for their liberty.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Pulling away from Dadi, I put my feet up on the couch and reached for the remote.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon