has tugged
- present perfect of tug (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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A contradiction has tugged at American presidential history for 130 years.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
Science reporter Jacob Margolis tweeted that the last message scientists received from Oppy was "basically 'My battery is low and it’s getting dark,'" which has tugged at many heartstrings.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2019
The dynamic between the particular and the universal, what Weisman terms the tribalists and the internationalists, has tugged at Jews for centuries.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2018
The disparity has tugged away at the communal ethos Disney hoped to foster.
From Economist ● Dec. 20, 2016
Who has not dreamed of it when—six hours after a slim breakfast of rolls and coffee—he has tugged at his weary brain—as we do now—for the handle of a dainty period?
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper, Various (magazine)
