yank

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

They yank open industrial-grade zippers, unleashing a gust of helium, and dive chest-first onto the collapsing character.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

What’s more, they’re intimately knowledgeable of history, able to yank references from the past and stress their pertinence to our present.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2025

The performance policy has echoes of so-called "rank and yank", which was popularised in the US by the former chief executive of General Motors Jack Welch.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

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

Nervously, she gave the rope a good yank, and it stayed put.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket