How to Use drag out in a Sentence

drag out

verb

• She was dragged out of her car and detained.
  — CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026
• Doors are being smashed and old men dragged out of bed.
  — Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
• Others were caught, and were dragged out of their cars.
  — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 23 Feb. 2026
• And that means people should be prepared as this drags out for longer lines.
  — Joel Rose, NPR, 5 Mar. 2026
• But the longer this drags out, the clearer what the decision should be.
  — Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
• The more stuff King dragged out, the more neighbors complained.
  — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
• Clothes and linens will take longer to dry which can, in turn, drag out the chore of doing laundry.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2024
• Poor, helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.
  — Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 6 Feb. 2026
• That process can be dragged out and oftentimes deadlines aren’t met, James said.
  — Samuel O’Neal June 23, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 June 2026
• Such behavior drags out court proceedings, drives up costs, and erodes trust in lawyers, Chen said.
  — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
• Nexstar is appealing, but that process looks to drag out the transaction for months or into next year.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 July 2026
• The next thing the protagonist knows, she's being dragged out of the fiery cabin by Vladimir.
  — Megan McCluskey, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
• Sami’s flurry of offense ended when he was cut off by Gunther and once again dragged out of the ring.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
• Denial of a broadcast license renewal is extremely rare, and is a process that can drag out for years.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 28 May 2026
• And a business that is not ready falls apart under that scrutiny, dragging out the process or killing it entirely.
  — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• Homeowners had to move through a series of steps before any reconstruction work could start, and many of those steps dragged out for months.
  — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2026
• And how much concern is there that while the war, the ceasefire's dragging out, gas prices continue to go up and the midterms are around the corner?
  — NBC news, 3 May 2026
• Twelve blocks to the west, the Pacific Ocean glitters and threatens, waves dragging out in the wind.
  — Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
• The Iraq war vet was dragged out of his car in Ventura County by federal agents last year.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
• Rather than dragging out your toothbrush and toothpaste, just use one of these disposable toothbrushes for a mid-flight refresh.
  — Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
• Fellow passengers managed to hold him down and stop him being dragged out further, the outlet reported.
  — Chris Liakos, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
• The movement of Pinnock and Cheek drags out Gillingham’s defensive shape.
  — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
• Blindfolded again with my bloody stockings, and with my wrists and ankles bound, I was dragged out and deposited in the trunk of a vehicle.
  — Shelly Kittleson, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
• School board and district leaders blamed the local union for dragging out the process, and state officials latched onto those complaints to criticize the union.
  — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
• The Van Allen Probe B is also now on track to be dragged out of orbit before 2030.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
• The two engage in a knockdown drag out fight, with Caleb eventually coming out on top and disabling the programmable matter.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 16 Jan. 2026
• But they have been dragged out because of additional steel repairs that turned out to be needed, CDOT said.
  — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
• McDaniel is taking head coach interviews, which could drag out the process if the Lions are intent on waiting for his decision.
  — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
• In that fire, approximately 30 people were rescued by ladders or dragged out by firefighters.
  — Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• The disputes, which began last year, have dragged out for an unusually long time and left thousands of people locked out of in-network care at the public hospital systems.
  — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026