yank

Example Sentences

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How could her child be so cruel as to yank her home out from under her feet in her declining years?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Every plot detail feels like a balloon drifting ever so slowly into the air, waiting for a character to grab the string and yank the story balloon back down to reiterate it.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2026

He lets the witch and fairy pull the trigger cord this time; they yank so hard they topple onto their keisters.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025

At one point Mr Justice Alexander Owens asked: "Did you yank this out in order to make the allegation against Mr Adams a bit bigger? To give it beef?"

From BBC • May 14, 2025

I yank a napkin from the holder beside us and wipe up the smears of purple.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith