How to Use pull in a Sentence

pull

1 of 2 verb

• He pulled the plug out of the socket.
• Make a knot in the rope and pull it tight.
• He pulled the door open and ran out.
• Grab the end of the rope and pull as hard as you can.
• The cat will scratch you if you keep pulling its tail.
• We spent the morning in the garden pulling weeds.
• She pulled the blanket over her head.
• We tried pushing and pulling but couldn't get the couch to move.
• Pull the baby's chair closer to the table.
• I accidentally pulled one of the buttons off my shirt.
• Cross the yarn over itself and then pull the tail through to make the loop.
  — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 31 Oct. 2022
• Phillips bent down on one knee and helped the girl pull on a pair of pink high-tops.
  — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2022
• The miner took it away when the drill began to pull Weil along the coal face.
  — Robert Zaretsky, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
• The state and the city will pull from state tax revenue in that district to pay back the bonds.
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022
• The water from the viaduct flooded over the street and the current was strong enough to pull the car in.
  — Tonya Alanez, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2022
• Again, let the bun sit overnight, and pull your hair out to get gorgeous wavy locks.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 6 Jan. 2023
• This was the usual command for the dogs to pull their lines straight to prepare to run.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2023
• Leave a knot at one end and pull the string on the other side to create gathers.
  — Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2022
• Fair ripped off a 60-yard run and raced down the Cleveland Heights sideline to pull his team even in the third quarter.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2022
• His first make was a three-pointer with 14:39 left to help pull UW within six points.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2023
• The bonus for her was that her friends and colleagues at the symphony and Pendry hotel pitched in to pull it off.
  — Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2023
• Was there a push and pull there in developing that episode?
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2022
• Linehan told Walsh that English was the kind of person who could pull it off.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2023
• On paper, that looks like a move that could further pull the show away from its roots.
  — WIRED, 24 Oct. 2022
• Grab your right foot with your right hand and pull your ankle toward your butt.
  — Jenny McCoy, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2022
• The glaring problem is that the Fed cannot pull that off with any precision.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 27 July 2022
• The blades pull loose easily, but the roots are firmly attached.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 15 July 2022
• Tie it around your shoulders until the leaves start falling; then, pull it on over miniskirts and more.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Aug. 2022
• The five-time Emmy winner made the decision to pull her kids out of school and take them to set with her each day.
  — Janaya Wecker, Country Living, 28 Nov. 2022
• To pull everything together, the Ohio native donned a classic eye and red lip to match the rest of the look.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 22 Dec. 2022

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pull

2 of 2 noun

• Give the rope a pull.
• She gave the door a few hard pulls and it opened.
• He has a lot of pull in local political circles.
• Tickets for the tractor pull are $10 and can be found on the event's web page.
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2023
• Use the tool to grab the tick as close to your skin as possible, and do a slow and steady pull.
  — Kayla Hui, Mph, Verywell Health, 28 Dec. 2023
• Om Ayan feels the same pull of home, but her house has been destroyed.
  — Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
• Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun on the world’s oceans.
  — Paul Duginski, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
• The push to a return-to-office (RTO) will be replaced by a pull.
  — Amy Edmondson, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
• The tongue has both Dončić and Evans logos, with a Jordan logo on the pull tag.
  — Shakeia Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
• The Redemption weighs seven pounds and has a 13.5-inch length of pull.
  — Brad Fenson, Outdoor Life, 1 Nov. 2023
• Today the Scandi Girl wields as much sway as the French Girl in terms of fashion pull.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023
• The city is located at the point where the Volga veers east, as if attracted by the pull of the Urals.
  — Elettra Pauletto, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
• The Test Kitchen favors the Zyliss for its easy-to-use pull cord and large capacity.
  — Megan Wahn, Bon Appétit, 11 July 2023
• But the most striking image in the video comes when a pull cord like those of a wind-up doll snakes out of Ryu Su Jeong’s back.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 20 Apr. 2023
• Tie large and small tassels to doorknobs, the keys to a writing desk, or the pull of a dresser drawer.
  — Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
• The left-handed batter homered in each of his past two games, one to the opposite field and the other to the pull side.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2023
• But no one in the Grizzlies organization has the pull to force him to do it.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023
• The distinction lies in the fact that the mechanism still fires one shot for every pull of the trigger.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2023
• Wipe both sides of each blade in one swift pull of the pillowcase, starting at the motor and working your way out to the edge of the blade.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2024
• McClintock is far from the only one who feels its pull.
  — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2023
• After college, the pull of the Big Apple remained strong.
  — Debbi Compton, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
• And suddenly her life is changed by two quick pulls of a trigger.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2023
• The dark green synthetic stock has nice ergonomics and is adjustable for length of pull.
  — Michael Dickerson, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2023
• And as ice starts to melt (days later), the Roadie easily drains with a simple pull of the plug.
  — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2023
• The pull of the drug is so strong that many users are paranoid that supplies are running out, Kaetly said.
  — Michael Corkery, New York Times, 29 July 2023
• But Zelensky, thanks in large part to his family, avoided the pull of the streets.
  — Simon Shuster, TIME, 4 Jan. 2024
• In some ways, the new show is about the inexorable pull of time, the lamentable fact of aging.
  — Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2024
• Others feel a nostalgic pull to how the sport has always been.
  — Alanis Thames, ajc, 2 Mar. 2023
• Float from pool to pool (there are nine), relax in the hot tub, or simply enjoy the pull of a gentle current.
  — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2023
• Danvers says to Navarro, who clearly still feels the pull to wander.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024