dragging

Example Sentences

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When insurers balked, the company turned around and billed patients’ families, dragging them into financial and legal turmoil and disrupting care for their disabled children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The mission used inflatable cushions to pull it to the surface before dragging it back to the North Sea on a floating platform.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

The carousel of leaders has taken its toll, driving up borrowing costs and dragging down investment.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

How do you advocate for yourself without coming across as whiny or dragging a coworker into the conversation when they probably never intended to reveal their salary?

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

But instead of Da, Patch had come along in back of me, the bottom of his skirt dragging.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff