PULL in a Sentence

Learn PULL from example sentences, some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

For PULL, below is one of 374 sentences:
And if the Yankees can take the railroad there, they can pull up the strings and have us, just like a possum in a poke.

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 Meanings and Examples of PULL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
pull
 v.  move something towards yourself, sometimes with great physical effort
 v.  take something out of or away from a place
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He went out into the passage to hang up his coat and pull off his wet boots.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  There was indignation in his hoarse bass voice but also a wheedling note, and Scarlett teasingly clicked her tongue against her teeth as she reached out to pull his cravat into place.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  She pounded her clenched fist against the tall white pillar beside her, and she wished that she were Samson, so that she could pull down all of Twelve Oaks and destroy every person in it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  I'm not dead enough for you to pull down the shades--though I might as well be.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  And if the Yankees can take the railroad there, they can pull up the strings and have us, just like a possum in a poke.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
6  This was not the turn she had anticipated and she tried again without success to pull her hand free.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
7  Scarlett glared at her and Prissy shrank back, trying to pull loose.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
8  "I--I have a pistol," she whispered, clutching the weapon in her lap, perfectly certain that if death stared her in the face, she would be too frightened to pull the trigger.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
9  The decrepit animal would never pull the hill.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
10  Don't pull such a shocked face, Jane.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
11  "No," she said, wrapping the warm lap robe about her and trying to pull it up around her neck.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
12  Scarlett knew Will would have a hard pull without her help but she admired and respected his independence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
13  That doesn't help a man pull himself out of a tough fix, like we're all in now.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
14  And they are going to pull up the weeds.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
15  "Well, I should hate to lose your friendship," she said primly and, with an attempt at disinterestedness, bent down to pull the blanket closer about Ella Lorena's head.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
Example Sentence: (164 in 11 pages)
16  She seems unable to pull herself out of this deep slough of self-pity.
17  The doctor is sure he will pull through.
18  His teachers told him to pull his socks up, or he'd undoubtedly fail his exam.
19  He was about to pull out to overtake the guy in front of him.
20  I helped him pull his boots off.
21  Pausing only to pull on a sweater, he ran out of the house.
22  Don't forget to indicate before you pull out.
23  Don't pull my leg.
24  If Jim remains under for more than a minute, pull him out; he may be drowning.
25  I don't think they are going to pull out of the deal at the last minute.
26  That draught is too much for my horse to pull.
27  The greater the mass of an object, the greater its gravitational pull.
28  You have to twist the lid off, not pull it.
29  The police officer motioned for me to pull over.
30  The old lady was flung out of the house because the owner wanted to pull it down.