Pulled

Examples

• The boy gathers up his change and has pulled the door open by a leather strap nailed to it for the purpose, when Venus cries out: 'Stop him! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The horse was snatching grass, swinging his head sideways as he pulled, annoyed by the man and his talking. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I pulled close up to the shore and lay quiet. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• She looked at him as he stood waiting, his black coat buttoned to the chin, his cap pulled down, his boots in his hand. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Perdita's questions had ceased; she leaned on my arm, panting with emotions too acute for tears--our men pulled alongside the other boat. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The papers were then brought home again, and the boys amused themselves to their hearts' content until the line was pulled down by a stray cow wandering through the orchard. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Suddenly he raised his bearded face, saw us close to him, and pulled up, springing from his machine. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He left the smoky, gossip-filled room and went into the back bedroom and sat down on the bed and pulled his boots off. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The book, however, had been left in the billiard-room, so I pulled on my dressing-gown and started off to get it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The wheels only pulled sideways against the ruts. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• There were lockers all round, and Wilson, the sham chaplain, knocked one of them in, and pulled out a dozen of brown sherry. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Sometimes in the dark we heard the troops marching under the window and guns going past pulled by motor-tractors. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Pablo pulled and let go as the man had told him and the block snapped forward into place and the pistol was cocked with the hammer back. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• They should have Pulled him out. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The umbrella strained and pulled and I felt us driving along with it. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• A small _electric battery_ has been placed in the stock to explode the cartridge when the trigger is pulled. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• This plate is etched--a flat proof, so called, is pulled on a hand press--and it is then taken up by the re-etcher. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Perhaps I might have resisted a great temptation, but the little ones would have pulled me down. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• His directions were obeyed, and they pulled ashore directly; two in one boat, two in the other. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Swiftly I threw off my clothes, pulled on those of a beggar, and put on my pigments and wig. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was instantly made prisoner, and pulled from his horse by two or three of the banditti who crowded around him. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• A few minutes later our driver pulled up at a neat little red-brick villa with overhanging eaves which stood by the road. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It grew smarter with the increasing height of the bucket, and presently a hundred and fifty feet of rope had been pulled in. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Then a dozen sailors bent to the oars and pulled rapidly toward the point where Tarzan crouched in the branches of a tree. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• When they ceased to divert me, I exerted my intelligence, and pulled them up again. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• With a gleam of new intelligence in her sharp face, the dolls' dressmaker pulled at Fledgeby's bell. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr. Franklin pulled his hat down suddenly over his eyes. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• About a hundred yards in advance was the other chaise, which had pulled up on hearing the crash. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He pulled on his boots, put on his coat, and set out to walk in the night. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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