Tugged
[tʌɡd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Tug
Typed by Kate
Examples
- How they must have tugged at the pitiless fetters as the fierce fires surged around them! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We struck, and tugged, and tore. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Maurice smiled absently, and tugged moodily at his mustache. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I tugged at it diligently, but it was discouraging work. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- So they fastened belt-claws to their stout girdles and tugged the bow strings into place with their back and leg muscles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He tugged hard at his beard, and went and shut himself up in the library with a bang of the door that had a world of meaning in it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Typed by Kate