TUG in a Sentence

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62 example sentences for TUG, such as:

1. Tom tugged at his mother's arm.
2. The woman gently tugged his arm.
3. The peasant gave a tug at the reins.
4. Here the wind gave a tug at her head dress.
5. The tug eased into the narrow docking space.

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 Meanings and Examples of TUG
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
tug
 v.  pull or draw with great effort; draw along with continued exertion; haul along; tow
Classic Sentence: (53 in 4 pages)
1  Here the wind gave a tug at her head dress.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
2  Finally he took the bell-rope in his hand and gave it a brisk tug.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
3  Indeed, in another minute I felt a tug at my coat, then something at my arm.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In IX
4  Besides, he would tug at the ribbons of her bonnet and, no doubt, rumple her dress.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
5  The peasant gave a tug at the reins.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
6  Eponine rose, and, without releasing the cat, she ran to her mother, and began to tug at her skirt.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE'S H...
7  Gregor's mother would tug at his sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect on him.
Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In III
8  "There is nothing," she said shortly, tugging at his arm.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
9  She was tugging at her own wedding ring, the ring Scarlett knew had never once left that finger since Ashley put it there.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
10  But as they all passed from the room, Frank hung back, tugging at Scarlett's sleeve.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
11  Sometimes my arms ache all night from tugging at him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
12  He talked brokenly, burrowing his head in her lap, tugging at the folds of her skirt.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
13  To attempt to bring her into active relation with life was like tugging at a piece of furniture which has been screwed to the floor.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
14  As spectators there assembled one youthful grocery clerk, stopping his Ford delivery wagon to stare from the seat, and one solemn small boy, tugging a smaller sister who had a careless nose.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
15  The dead man, swinging with bended back, seemed to be obstinately tugging, in ludicrous and awful ways, for the possession of the flag.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
Example Sentence:
1  When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war.
2  When Greek meet Greek, then comes the tug of war.
3  When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war.
4  The tug eased into the narrow docking space.
5  His heroic tug at a flag-decked mast will come back to haunt him in unexpected ways later in the story.
6  The woman gently tugged his arm.
7  Tom tugged at his mother's arm.
8  She tugged at his sleeve to get his attention.
9  A wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.