Example Sentences

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The latter, for instance, is yanking Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest” out of theaters this Friday after a two-week limited run, moving it onto the Apple TV+ streaming platform.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2025

But every time you hear it, someone else is yanking the strings.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2025

“His two friends — one of them is yanking my hand and the other is yanking at my watch.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2021

When she looks up, her daughter, August, less than a year old, is yanking on her own hair, leaving a string of oatmeal lumps in her thick, curly locks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2016

I’m about to tell him I do, but already he is yanking me to the front of the store and out the opening door to the sidewalk.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez