pulled away

past tense of pull away

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulled away
Verb
  • Soon, her home began to tilt under the force of the floodwater, and a chunk of the house detached.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • It was attached on one end to a light post and had detached from another anchor on the other side of the four-lane road.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • California parents turned their children in after the Los Angeles Police Department asked for the public’s help finding juveniles who partook in multiple flash mob robberies at 7-Eleven stores and fled on bicycles.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Eleven million people have fled their homes, pursued by men with guns and followed by famine.
    Angelina Jolie, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • That has shrunken dramatically and been taken over by a lot of younger consumers.
    James Manso, WWD, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Inevitably, the community has shrunk.
    Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Inevitably, the community has shrunk.
    Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2024
  • In video of one such photo shoot, the cub — smaller than a house cat — shrank back from the loud voices around him.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Pulled away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulled%20away. Accessed 8 Dec. 2024.

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