tugging

They also serve as what is called "protective style", which means minimising the daily pulling and tugging on hair that can cause breakages.

He kept tugging on her blankets to get her attention and would not stop.

That weekend, I noticed myself impatiently tugging at Otto’s leash on his morning walk despite the fact that it was the first nice Saturday we’d had in weeks and we had nowhere else to be.

A video of the moment, where she is tugging at the barrel of a soldier's rifle, has since gone viral.

“Great Gold Bird” can be heavy, tugging at our hearts even as it becomes more mystical — its themes ricocheting among grief, science fiction and spiritualism.