Example Sentences

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“Other components of the economy are tugging on the consumer,” said Ivan Drury, an automotive analyst for the car-shopping website Edmunds.com.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Sometimes I see it as a tug-of-war where people are tugging in one way and, you know, for a few years it’s this, and then we’re tugging in the other way.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2023

Photos of a labradoodle being carried up the mountain in a wheelbarrow by its owner for one last walk are tugging at heartstrings all over the internet.

From Fox News • Jul. 8, 2021

I want to focus on two investment strategies that are tugging on affluent investors, offering different risks and returns.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2019

The other terriers are tugging at their chains, frantic to join the fray, yelling fit to split their throats.

From The Badger A Monograph by Pease, Alfred E.