How to Use tug-of-war in a Sentence

tug-of-war

noun

• There’s no tug-of-war with the ball.
  — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2026
• Still the legal tug-of-war raged on.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
• The corporate tug-of-war may drag on for months.
  — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
• Each song feels like a tug-of-war between the brain and the body, grief and glee.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
• No courtroom tug-of-war over who gets the dog or the air fryer.
  — Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025
• How to unsnarl the emotions that play tug-of-war with our souls?
  — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
• Play non-aggressive games such as fetch rather than tug-of-war.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 12 Apr. 2024
• The world that was in the palm of his hand was in a tug-of-war with the world on his shoulders.
  — Thomas Lennon, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023
• The methods may have changed, but this is a familiar tug-of-war.
  — Stephen Mihm, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
• The brain’s stress network operates like a game of tug-of-war.
  — Haley Weiss, Time, 13 June 2023
• This is the 49ers’ third contract tug-of-war with Williams.
  — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
• Wilson was in a tug-of-war with an ancient predator, and his arm was the rope.
  — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024
• This heat triggers a molecular tug-of-war.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
• Soon, promoters added drag races, small jumps, and gimmicks like tug-of-war.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
• Reagan wanted to play tug-of-war but knew to be careful with the baby.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
• This is a tug-of-war battle between you and your little sibling.
  — Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 5 Aug. 2025
• Washington is close enough to make every result feel like a tug-of-war.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
• In fact, Io’s entire core is heated by this cosmic tug-of-war.
  — Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
• New product lines and business units create a tug-of-war for resources.
  — Hope Horner, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• Events included dodgeball, tug-of-war and of course a flag football game.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
• If there isn't tug-of-war at a sample sale, or a months-long research dive, does the piece still feel worthwhile?
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 July 2023
• The result is a kind of tug-of-war between two of the economy’s main pillars.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
• In front of us, the sky splits, a wall of gray clouds thinning at the middle as if being pulled apart in a tug-of-war.
  — Colleen Hagerty, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2025
• Every nucleus lives in a tense tug-of-war between two of nature’s forces.
  — Quanta Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
• Neither youngster seemed to be winning their morning game of tug-of-war over an empty feed bag.
  — Bennet Goldstein, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
• Gingerbread is known to enjoy the games of Frisbee, tug-of-war and fetch.
  — Teryn Jones and, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
• In addition, the tug-of-war over the Strait of Hormuz will drag on.
  — Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 June 2026
• Said drawers are designed to open and close smoothly, so don’t worry about playing tug-of-war.
  — Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Nov. 2023
• 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
• Kimmel's show was pulled off the air in September, which kicked off a brutal tug-of-war.
  — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Nov. 2025