PULLED in a Sentence
Learn PULLED from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
374 example sentences for PULLED, such as:
1. He pulled a hamstring in training.
2. They never knew what wires he pulled.
3. She delved in her bag and pulled out a pen.
4. It's not clear who actually pulled the trigger.
5. He pulled the van to the right to avoid the dog.
2. They never knew what wires he pulled.
3. She delved in her bag and pulled out a pen.
4. It's not clear who actually pulled the trigger.
5. He pulled the van to the right to avoid the dog.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PULLED
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pull
v. tear or be torn violently
n. special advantage or influence
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 A wave of shyness pulled him back into the dark angle of the wall, and he stood there in silence instead of making his presence known to her.
2 Mattie blushed to the roots of her hair and pulled her needle rapidly twice or thrice through her work, insensibly drawing the end of it away from him.
3 He pulled on his wet coat again and went back to the barn to feed the greys.
4 He started down the road toward their house, but at the end of a few yards he pulled up sharply, the blood in his face.
5 He pulled the sled out, blinking like a night-bird as he passed from the shade of the spruces into the transparent dusk of the open.
6 Stuart halted, too, and the darky boy pulled up a few paces behind them.
7 Ellen sat down in the chair which Gerald pulled out for her and four voices attacked her.
8 Mammy pulled and jerked vigorously and, as the tiny circumference of whalebone-girdled waist grew smaller, a proud, fond look came into her eyes.
9 Gerald, riding ahead, pulled up his horse and signed to Toby to stop the carriage where the two roads met.
10 She looked up at him and saw that his mouth was pulled down at the corners in mock sympathy, even while he swished the fan.
11 They never knew what wires he pulled.
12 He reached up and taking her hand pulled her back into her chair.
13 Perspiration came down her face in streams as she pulled her skirts from clutching hands.
14 The room was in semigloom, for Scarlett had pulled down the shades to shut out the heat and brightness.
15 Slowly, laboriously, she heaved herself over and pulled her heavy skirts up to her thighs.
Example Sentence: (164 in 11 pages)
1 He pulled at the rope hanging from above to see if it was safe for the climb.
2 It's not clear who actually pulled the trigger.
3 She pulled off a great coup in getting the president to agree to an interview.
4 The child pulled at his sleeve to catch his attention.
5 He pulled the hood of his cloak over his head to avoid recognition.
6 The boy pulled the boat's head round in order to avoid the conflict with the boat in front of him.
7 He pulled the van to the right to avoid the dog.
8 The father pulled the child back from the river side.
9 She delved in her bag and pulled out a pen.
10 He clung to the lifeline and the woman pulled him towards the bank.
11 She climbed into bed and pulled the duvet over her.
12 The boy pulled himself to the top of the wall and looked over.
13 He pulled a hamstring in training.
14 It was this spirit that pulled us through the darkest moments of the war.
15 He pulled the boy from the river and gave him mouth-to-mouth.