Pulls
[pulz]
Examples
- By this means a large sheet of paper can be printed off by a single pull, and with more impression and greater sharpness than by two pulls with a wooden press. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- But in such striking-out he tangles his arms, pulls strong on the slip-knot, and it runs home. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Presently he pulls up, all of a sudden, and hollers out, “Where is the sinner; where is the mis'rable sinner? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Snagsby pulls off his sleeves and his grey coat, pulls on his black coat, takes his hat from its peg. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He pulls stroke in the Boniface boat. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn steps forward from his window and pulls the bell. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- My father pulls up, and thinks a bit--“No,” says he, “damme, I'm too old, b'sides, I'm a many sizes too large,” says he. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This is a private yard,” he pulls out a paper from Boffin's other blackguard, the one I was passed over for. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They must find it rather dull and dark, Miss Peecher, for the parlour blind's down, and neither of them pulls it up. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I wonder what keeps Eliza, said Mrs. Shelby, after giving her bell repeated pulls, to no purpose. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Then you ought to have said it, sir,' returned Bella, giving him two pulls and one kiss, 'for you must have thought and meant it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Presently he pulls up again, and lookin' wery hard at me, says, “Where is the sinner; where is the mis'rable sinner? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Thus, Mr Riderhood: taking from the hands of his daughter, with special ill-will, a lent cap, and grumbling as he pulls it down over his ears. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If the hand pulls with a force of 1 pound at _P_, it can raise a load of 6 pounds at _W_, but the hand will have to pull downward 6 feet at _P_ in order to raise the load at _W_ 1 foot. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Typist: Loretta