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 Conine waited on a full-count changeup with one out in the fifth and pulled it over the fence in right-center field for a 1-0 lead. — Miami Herald, 18 July 2026 His hair is pulled back in a knot, and his spear is aimed at something under the surface of the water. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026 Still, Ellington was pleased his remaining roster pulled within three late after previously trailing by as many as 17. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2026 Several independent restaurants also pulled lettuce and greens. — Jessica Nix, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 Here’s a quick download of what’s happening in food, drink and local life today, pulled from today’s CharlotteFive newsletter. — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026 Clifford Boisa, the operator’s brother, was pulled from the water and later declared dead despite receiving CPR. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 17 July 2026 The team observed that the critical stress level at which liquids fracture is proportional to their viscosity times the strain rate (how quickly they are being pulled or stretched apart and how the diameter of the liquid is changing). — Rohini Subrahmanyam, Quanta Magazine, 10 July 2026 The appeal lies in easy rituals—the kayak pulled from beneath the deck, the line cast before breakfast, children diving from the dock. — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulled

Verb

The only real drama came when Mbappé was hauled down in the box, an obvious penalty.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
Some folks hauled sheets and pillows to Swope Park or Penn Valley Park seeking a cool night’s sleep.

— Dan Kelly July 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026

Definition of hauled

Verb

Stars including Reese Witherspoon, Emma Stone and Paul Rudd were seen departing the venue after the festivities began Friday evening and stretched until the early hours of Saturday morning.

— Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
Brazil were energetic and vertical, Vinicius Junior and Rayan stretched their opponents and Gabriel Martinelli’s stoppage-time winner was just reward.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of stretched

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Scardovari, Italy — As the sun was rising, two fisherwomen dragged their boat through the Scardovari lagoon in northeastern Italy.

— Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
The animation is often rudimentary, particularly in outer-space scenes that are effectively a cut-out of a starship being dragged across a stellar background.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of dragged

Verb

My sternum was fractured, my rib cage pried open.

— Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
Lonnie has plenty stacked against him, not least of all his own son, who is inching closer to surpassing his status in the golf world — people are even starting to call him the Hawk, a torch that had to have been pried out of his father’s hand.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2026

Definition of pried

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Residential buildings were badly damaged in the assault, leaving people trapped in multi-story apartment blocks and an entire family that was killed pulled from the rubble, while cars were seen burning on city streets.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
As a bonus, those seasons are ideal for planting a replacement shrub or re-establishing a lawn if it is damaged during the shrub removal.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026

Definition of damaged

Verb

The border shifted and changed hands here at least four times in the 19th century and a fifth time in the 20th, tugged south by war and treaty, peace talks and purchases.

— Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 June 2026
In bringing a piece of her mother to the event, Obama tugged at a feeling that many will relate to – wishing a late family member could be with you during life’s milestone moments.

— Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 17 June 2026

Definition of tugged

Verb

If the reorganization lag is being compounded by organized friction rather than just cost and complexity, the 8-to-12-year timeline Goldman extracted from the ICT era may turn out to be optimistic.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Copper is extracted in different areas with high mineral concentrations, which require enormous quantities of rock to be processed.

— Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026