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pull at

VERB

pluck

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clutch cull harvest snatch strum yank

STRONG

catch collect draw finger gather jerk plunk tug tweak

Antonyms

STRONG

disperse distribute divide misunderstand push scatter

WEAK

insert

VERB

puff

Synonyms

STRONGEST

gasp heave huff smoke suck wheeze

STRONG

blow breathe distend drag draw enlarge fill gulp inflate pant swell whiff

WEAK

huff and puff pull on

Antonyms

STRONG

compress contract deflate shrink

WEAK

conceal hide secret

Example Sentences

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Still, the error of Archer's needless pull at Brendan Doggett was dwarfed by the drop of Smith.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

Romance scammers will spin all sorts of stories to pull at heartstrings, even ridiculous ones about being a millionaire who lost access to his fortune and is down on his luck.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2024

“Daughters” is what some people are calling a “three tissue” movie that is sure to pull at heartstrings.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2024

Smith and the show’s writers opted to introduce a time-jump — going from Labor Day to Christmastime — for the first time and continue to pull at the storyline threads of Season 5.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2023

Z continued to pull at it and budged it just a couple of inches more.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

pull at

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