Example Sentences
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Dragged to football matches by his son, Morris became fascinated by the passion of the fans on the terraces.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
Dragged down by increasingly melodramatic escalations that soon become disastrous, it does a disservice to both the seriousness of the subject and its cast who do all they can to salvage it.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023
Dragged down by its commitment to curbing the spread of Covid-19 with widespread lockdowns and mass quarantines, China’s economy grew only 0.4 percent in the second quarter, one of the country’s worst quarters in years.
From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2022
In May 2007, amid a U.S. troop surge in Iraq, Wired magazine published a piece titled “Military Dragged Feet on Bomb-Proof Vehicles.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2021
Dragged out, I didn’t know at first whose hands pulled me, then found myself in my mother’s arms, breathing her smell.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
