tug
verb (used with object)
to pull at with force, vigor, or effort.
am tugging
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present progressiveof tug (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Hassan and I stand ankle-deep in untamed grass, I am tugging on the line, the spool spinning in Hassan’s calloused hands, our eyes turned up to the kite in the sky.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
