Dragging

Examples

• Luttrell now peeped his nose into my box, and said, dragging in his better half, half-brother I mean, fat Nugent, A vacancy for two! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Ten yokes of oxen dragging a boat with sails out of the sea in the morning with the line of the small waves breaking on the beach. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He was dragging out all the little private reservations they had made from social service into the light of a universal religious life. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The reins were broken, but they had been dragging on the ground. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The men were still dragging the lake when he got back. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• His right leg was dragging, the side of the shoe scraping on the road as they walked him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• She knew the strength of the opposing impulses-she could feel the countless hands of habit dragging her back into some fresh compromise with fate. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• It was a great happiness to get away after this dragging, dispiriting delay. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Of course we were besieged by a rabble of muscular Egyptians and Arabs who wanted the contract of dragging us to the top--all tourists are. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He's his father's darling, he is,' said she, with a sudden turn of mood, and, dragging the child up to her knee, she began kissing it fondly. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She gave me the idea of some fierce thing, that was dragging the length of its chain to and fro upon a beaten track, and wearing its heart out. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He stood still, dragging at his moustache with a lean weak hand. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• My head aches too; good-night, dear, she said, and turned to the door, her torn and muddy wedding-dress dragging after her across the room. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He sprang through a gate into a field, dragging the reluctant Pompey after him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The housebreaker flung the girl from him to the further end of the room, just as the Jew and the two boys returned, dragging Oliver among them. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• And, in a moment after, Miss Ophelia, in high indignation, came dragging the culprit along. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• You never know where you are, with the dragging. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• After dragging at the assailant, he fell on the bank with him, and then there was another great crash, and then a splash, and all was done. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He was closer still, with a hand that grew formidable; and the frightened self in her was dragging the other down. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Dragging Woola after me I crouched low in the darkness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The horse broke off through the trees dragging him, bumping, face downward, and Robert Jordan stood up holding the pistol now in one hand. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• With that, they walk again; she, making those angry spirts in the sand; he, dragging that dejected tail. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• As soon as Venn found his feet dragging over the pebbles of the shallower part below he secured his footing and waded towards the brink. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The _Independent_, sir,' replied Pott, 'is still dragging on a wretched and lingering career. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Dragging an old chair to the table, he sat down; and took from it a magnificent gold watch, sparkling with jewels. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Yes, I have been dragging the Serpentine. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• But, here the Irrepressible skirmished into the conflict, dragging the reluctant form of Mr Sampson after her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Get lines for the dragging,' came the decisive, instrumental voice, that was full of the sound of the world. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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