pulled

Example Sentences

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Excavators were at work along the shoreline - houses built on wooden stilts over the lagoon were still being pulled down, their planks collapsing into the water below.

From BBC

The gradual slowdown is in some ways a continuation of decadeslong trends that pulled factory jobs overseas and helped empty out Midwestern cities.

From The Wall Street Journal

I must have pulled the cap off my pen without noticing, and now my hands are an iridescent pink.

From Literature

He scooped out a serving of hot ash and quickly pulled himself back inside.

From Literature

Prominent artists soon began canceling performances, including jazz drummer Chuck Redd, who pulled out of a Christmas Eve show, and the jazz group the Cookers, which canceled two New Year’s Eve performances.

From Los Angeles Times