Sentences with pull
pull
P p - They have pulled out patients' teeth unnecessarily. [VERB noun with adverb]
- The feather must be removed with a straight, firm pull.
- Pull is the broad, general term of this list, as defined in sense 1 of the vt. above; draw suggests a smoother, more even motion than , pull [he drew his sword from its scabbard]; drag implies the slow pulling of something heavy, connoting great resistance in the thing pulled [she dragged the desk across the floor]; tug suggests strenuous, often intermittent effort in pulling but does not necessarily connote success in moving the object [I tugged at the rope to no avail]; haul implies sustained effort in transporting something heavy, often mechanically [to haul furniture in a truck]; tow1 implies pulling by means of a rope or cable [to tow a stalled automobile]
- Jack pulled the slip of paper from his shirt pocket. [VERB noun preposition]
- This is early-20th-century rural Sussex, when horses still pulled the plough. [VERB noun]
- Hughes pulled himself slowly to his feet. [VERB pronoun-reflexive preposition/adverb]
- He pulled to a stop behind a pickup truck. [VERB preposition]
- He pulled away, extending his lead to 15 seconds. [VERB adverb]
- If I wanted to improve the car significantly I would have to pull it apart and start again. [VERB noun with adverb]
- They had a fight. One of them pulled a gun on the other. [VERB noun + on]
- The organisers have to employ performers to pull a crowd. [VERB noun]
- They provided a far better news service and pulled in many more viewers. [VERB PREPOSITION noun]
- Joe felt there was little he could do to help Betty, and his heart was pulling him elsewhere. [VERB noun adverb]
- ...the pull of gravity. [+ of]
- We're all pulling for each other because we're desperate to win the Cup back. [VERB for noun]
- Dave pulled a back muscle and could barely kick the ball. [VERB noun]
- Jeff leaned back and pulled on his cigarette. [VERB on noun]
- Everyone saw the stunt you pulled on me. [VERB noun + on]
- To pull a tooth
- To pull off a million-pound deal
- He pulled a knife on his attacker
- The pop group pulled a crowd
- To pull at one's pipe
- To pull a face
- He pulled his car away from the roadside
- The board decided to pull their support
- A racing shell pulls one, two, four, or eight oars
- The pull of the moon affects the tides on earth
- His uncle is chairman of the company, so he has quite a lot of pull
- To pull a tooth
- To pull carrots
- To pull a seam
- To pull a muscle
- To pull a raid
- To pull one's punches
- To pull a wheel from a car
- To pull a sled up a hill.
- To pull a cloth to pieces.
- To pull a tooth; to pull weeds.
- Do you know what to do when someone pulls a knife on you?
- They pulled a spectacular coup.
- Police believe the men pulled all three robberies. What kind of trick did she pull this time?
- He pulled a long face when I reprimanded him.
- To pull an ineffective pitcher.
- To pull many votes in the industrial areas.
- To pull a print.
- This boat pulls 12 oars.
- I pulled guard duty our first night in port.
- This rope will pull.
- The ad pulled badly.
- He took a long, thoughtful pull on his pipe; I took a pull from the scout's canteen.
- To replace the pulls on a chest of drawers.
- He missed a week's work with a groin pull.
- The professor proceeded to pull the student's paper apart.
- It was only a minor accident, but the driver couldn't seem to pull himself together.