tugging

Example Sentences

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It refers to the way a rotating black hole twists the spacetime around it, tugging on nearby matter such as stars and causing their paths to wobble.

From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2025

The starchy pasta water, slowly whisked in, binds it all into a sauce that clings and stretches, tugging at each bite with just enough tension to remind you that this is pasta, not soup.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

“Other components of the economy are tugging on the consumer,” said Ivan Drury, an automotive analyst for the car-shopping website Edmunds.com.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

You know when you watch the Super Bowl as a neutral fan and you can feel your brain tugging your body toward one side or another?

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

Ama releases me and places her hands all over my face—pulling at my cheeks, tugging my ears, grabbing my nose.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer