PULLED in a Sentence

Learn PULLED from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

374 example sentences for PULLED, such as:

1. The train pulled out exactly on time.
2. They never knew what wires he pulled.
3. The expert medical treatment pulled him through.
4. A man pointed a gun at them and pulled the trigger.
5. He pulled into the driveway in front of her garage.

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 Meanings and Examples of PULLED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
pull
 v.  move something towards yourself, sometimes with great physical effort
 v.  take something out of or away from a place
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  A wave of shyness pulled him back into the dark angle of the wall, and he stood there in silence instead of making his presence known to her.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  Mattie blushed to the roots of her hair and pulled her needle rapidly twice or thrice through her work, insensibly drawing the end of it away from him.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
3  He pulled on his wet coat again and went back to the barn to feed the greys.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
4  He started down the road toward their house, but at the end of a few yards he pulled up sharply, the blood in his face.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
5  He pulled the sled out, blinking like a night-bird as he passed from the shade of the spruces into the transparent dusk of the open.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
6  Stuart halted, too, and the darky boy pulled up a few paces behind them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
7  Ellen sat down in the chair which Gerald pulled out for her and four voices attacked her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
8  Mammy pulled and jerked vigorously and, as the tiny circumference of whalebone-girdled waist grew smaller, a proud, fond look came into her eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
9  Gerald, riding ahead, pulled up his horse and signed to Toby to stop the carriage where the two roads met.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
10  She looked up at him and saw that his mouth was pulled down at the corners in mock sympathy, even while he swished the fan.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
11  They never knew what wires he pulled.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
12  He reached up and taking her hand pulled her back into her chair.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
13  Perspiration came down her face in streams as she pulled her skirts from clutching hands.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
14  The room was in semigloom, for Scarlett had pulled down the shades to shut out the heat and brightness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
15  Slowly, laboriously, she heaved herself over and pulled her heavy skirts up to her thighs.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
Example Sentence: (164 in 11 pages)
16  The outfielder pulled down a long drive to center - field.
17  He pulled a dirty handkerchief out by its corner and waved it at me.
18  The lorry driver pulled into the side of the road and got out for a cup of tea.
19  Despite her vehement protests, he pulled her inside.
20  The police have pulled in a half dozen people who they suspect.
21  When he eventually overtook the last truck he pulled over to the inside lane.
22  The train pulled out exactly on time.
23  The nurse pulled a screen around the bed so that the doctor could examine the patient in private.
24  The expert medical treatment pulled him through.
25  He pulled a wry face when I asked him how it had gone.
26  They pulled down my old house and built five new ones.
27  Jill darted forward and pulled him away from the fire.
28  He pulled into the driveway in front of her garage.
29  He climbed on the table, pulled my hair, and was generally a pest.
30  A man pointed a gun at them and pulled the trigger.