Example Sentences

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They ran into every argument and counterargument that have tugged, pulled and paralyzed other communities.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

Mark, you and others have tugged me a little bit into camp two.

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2024

Tornadoes may have tugged the medieval building off the ground.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2022

In 2005, using computer simulations of how newborn planets would have tugged on one another, Levison and others proposed the Trojans were a legacy of early Solar System turmoil.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 7, 2021

He might have tugged on her hair, because she cried “Ouch!” and walked away.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia