Example Sentences

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It was like being set upon by a pack of wolves, their fingers were tugging and scratching at my pant legs and arms as I tried to spread the cookies evenly between the children.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2022

During her 2010 reign as Miss California, she gained a better understanding of the competing interests that were tugging at Phelps.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2016

Two flacks were tugging at his arm to go do a TV interview, but he was on a roll.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2016

In 1954, a bolt of lightning struck the starting gate, knocked out Starter Harold Holland and the two Percherons that were tugging the gate into position.

From Time Magazine Archive

There the prisoners who had been ahead of me were tugging their dresses over their heads and lining up against the rear wall.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom