dragging
Example Sentences
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You don’t want to muck bait it and drag it out for the sake of dragging it out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
By the end, I was dragging pieces of focaccia through the last orange streaks left in the pan.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
Harrison Armstrong: Cautioned for needlessly dragging Bruno Fernandes round the neck, but a minor blot on an otherwise impressive performance.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Markets across Asia were down, with tech firms -- which rely on low borrowing rates to fuel their investments -- dragging Tokyo and Seoul.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
George started to introduce Aunt Daisy, but before he could get three words out, Enzo was dragging him down the hall, elbowing his way through the crowd like a pint-sized bull.
From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis
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