How to Use pulley in a Sentence

pulley

noun

• Run the 10-foot piece of rope through the block (wheel) of the pulley.
  — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
• Blow all the grass debris off the deck and around the belt and pulleys.
  — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2024
• Sweaty workers used a pulley to lift the beams one by one.
  — Allison Keeley, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
• Join rope ends in a sheet bend between the flag clips to stop the rope knot from snagging in the pulley.
  — Harry Sawyers, Popular Mechanics, 28 May 2010
• Sailors hacked at debris with an ax, crowbars and a pulley to free the two men.
  — T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2019
• The crown block has a pulley system and is located at the top of the derrick.
  — Dallas News, 21 Oct. 2022
• Every crankshaft has a pulley, which is held on by a bolt on the front of the engine.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2019
• The top pulley of its 122-foot flagpole had come out of its socket.
  — Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2024
• On the rear hub, six pulley wheels are pulled into their smallest size by the springs.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2023
• With the halo, Justin would have to stay attached to the weight-pulley system for hours.
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2022
• Place food in a tray, and the coatimundi will pull it up with a rope and pulley.
  — Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
• Aldrin climbs into the LM and hauls up both rock boxes with a small pulley.
  — James R. Berry, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2019
• There’s a pulley lift system for opening the 6.5-foot-wide canopy, which is made from polyester and has a small wind vent at the apex.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 17 May 2022
• For a middler, a shirt with its own pulley system is the wardrobe in the drama of celebrity.
  — Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 10 Aug. 2017
• Grabbing a few from the trunk, the Mariner (Mr. Evett) raises them with ropes and pulleys before the upstage wall.
  — Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2017
• To keep the floor clear, install a pulley system to hang bikes from ceiling joints.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022
• The fire department’s heavy rescue team cut some of the pipe and used a pulley system to drag the man out, Davies said.
  — Fox News, 26 Dec. 2019
• Rodriguez, the ace of the staff, has a ruptured pulley in his left index finger.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2023
• One of the team members sketched plans for their pulley-like contraption in black ink.
  — Arkansas Online, 15 July 2021
• Researchers think the site’s stones were shaped by hand tools and erected with winch and pulley systems.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2024
• The middle schoolers then learned about the pulleys used for tree climbing by playing a game of tug-of-war.
  — Emily Sohn, Outside Online, 14 Mar. 2023
• The canopy's vented top prevents swaying caused by wind, and the pulley system makes this easy to open and close.
  — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 25 Apr. 2022
• Chip had built a pulley system, so the couple could raise and lower the staircase.
  — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
• There were hydraulics, there were pulleys, there were people pushing and pulling the walls.
  — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 5 July 2024
• The cable is several feet off the ground and a pulley with a tie chain attaches to it.
  — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 22 Jan. 2021
• Simply place the platter on the spindle and pull the belt out slightly at the top corner to pull it over the motor pulley.
  — Brad Moon, Forbes, 7 May 2022
• The mechanism is controlled by a central pulley system as opposed to complex hardware to help keep weight down.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 22 Jan. 2026
• When the last minute of the year arrived, workers lowered the ball using a complex pulley system.
  — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
• Find a spot on the ceiling, preferably away from anything big, bulky, or pricey—such as a car—and attach sturdy beams with pulleys on each end.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2025
• The sides of the stage are flanked by clockwork — a visual mess of gears, pulleys, and rafters — and the backdrop is a clock face.
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2025