PULLED Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

pulled

verb

Definition of pulled

past tense of pull

as in hauled

to cause to follow by applying steady force on a team of horses pulling a heavy wagon

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as in yanked

to draw out by force or with effort the dentist had to struggle to pull the tooth

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as in stretched

to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure lift the crate carefully, or you'll pull a muscle

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Recent Examples of pulled But Jamie Oleksiak pulled Vancouver within 5-3 just 31 seconds later. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Haynes, a 2024 third-round pick, made five starts this season, but the Seahawks pulled of a trade Tuesday for Indianapolis Colts perennial All-Pro guard Quenton Nelson. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026 With tweezers, the scientists gently pulled the strand of silk from the spider’s spinnerets — the abdominal spigots that fibers emerge from — and reeled it in by winding it around a vial with a spinning motor. — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026 Several Chinese broadcasters suspended coverage related to Mbappé and Spanish soccer league LaLiga, while some brands pulled ads that featured the sports star. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2026 Yet Carolina still pulled it out, 16-13, as Rico Dowdle rushed for 130 yards and two TDs and Ryan Fitzgerald hit a game-winning, 49-yard field goal for the Panthers as time expired. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026 As for glam, Watts’ hair was pulled back with wisps to frame her face. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026 Once handed the money, the suspect drove off, and police pulled Huang over, taking him into custody. — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 As bystanders rushed to her aid, a local barber pulled the driver from the car, detaining him until police arrived. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulled

Verb

All of that material is currently hauled elsewhere for disposal, including round trips of about 200 miles to other biomass facilities.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
However, with five minutes left in regulation and Penn State threatening to score, Becht was hauled down while scrambling and fumbled the ball, which was recovered by Michigan.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of hauled

Verb

The Paris police requested the change because police and security resources are stretched thin due to mass protests, ongoing civil unrest, and France's first NFL game happening in the region, per multiple reports.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, your star rep’s calendar is full, her manager is stretched thin, and the next batch of recruits needs coaching.

— Anis Bennaceur, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of stretched

Verb

Malkin controlled Lapierre’s dump-in attempt near the blue line, toe-dragged past Panther defenseman Gustav Forsling in the slot and beat Black with a wrist shot.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
In my opinion, the president and his incompetent, corrupt acolytes have debased the office and dragged the good name of America through the mud.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of dragged

Verb

The attack also damaged a nearby care home, with emergency crews evacuating 15 elderly residents, the service said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Research partners recorded the various sounds that drones make when their propellers get chipped or cracked or their motor becomes damaged or begins to fail.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of damaged

Verb

The wind tugged and shook the bomber, but the pilot held her steady.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
But already the thought tugged at me that the scales that had turned were not celestial, but legal, the workings of the same system condemned in the camp as corrupt and broken.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of tugged

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The Oschin Center seeks to tackle that question head-on by displaying a genuine space potty, extracted from the Endeavour herself and displayed in a glass case.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Raw inputs are extracted from the periphery, refined and assembled in the metropole, and sold back at a markup.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026