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Sentence Examples As if a rope from above were hooked to the bottom of the Dumpster, we spun upside down with a hard yank. Brion pulled him up with a swift yank and continued to walk as if nothing had happened. My idle hands proceeded to pound, wrench, twist, pry, and yank at anything I could get a hold on. For starters, grab your cap from the rear of the cap, place it over your knee and give a good hard yank. I walked towards it cautiously and with a quick yank, pulled away the covers. After yet more threats and a hard yank on the arm she walked out of her cell and was led to the Ceremony Room. A sudden yank and that temporary feeling was gone, she was back on the bed in a daze. I grabbed the snake by the neck, gave it a yank and put it straight into the bag. Madison inhales and holds her breath while Greta grabs the ends of the corset string and gives them a hard yank. The log upended there didn't split like it was suppose to and with an angry yank, Joe tried to pull the head free. Paterson followed in to tie up the score, his mission criminally interrupted by a yank at his jersey as he prepared to seize and ground the ball. The two soldiers grinned at their prey and, with a sharp yank, the one on her left ripped the arrow out of her shoulder. With a hard yank from Bren, Pryce managed to flop across the horse's back on his stomach. It's rare that someone can encore with a brand new song and still yank at heart strings. If I espy a weed trying to masquerade as one of my plants I just yank it out. A quick yank at the first bump or boil of a following salmon usually pulls the fly away and puts the fish down. It bode well for him that she didn't yank her hand away when his tarse brushed her hand. I yank my hand out of his grasp and pathetically punch him in the shoulder. The only truly horrible performance comes from a simpering actress you want to yank off the boards. In addition to the message, A Christmas Carol is unadulterated theatre magic designed to yank at the heartstrings. Show More Sentences When I went to yank the pillow, I had never used that muscle and sharp pains started shooting everywhere. Seizing the massive iron handles, he gave an almighty yank, drawing back out of the way. A simple yank on the bars timed to coincide with a pedal stroke is often sufficient to get things started. The upper body outraces the lower body, and the result is a yank to the left. I was a little nervous all weekend about this morning's yank, but the broken bicuspid has come and gone without incident. With a quick yank, he struggled to get the gun out but proceeded to hit his assailant alongside the head with it still in the holster. After a hard yank, it finally burst open and revealed a normal master bedroom. A sudden yank, and she flew out of the water like a bird, being dragged up, and pulled over the railing. Angie braced herself for a fight but was able to yank her hand free with relative ease. Sharp tines or prongs, operated by a foot pedal or hand crank, grip the weed and yank it out of the ground with a pulling or twisting motion. Pierce broke free from the shopping monotony of the holiday season to score 42 points, yank down 14 boards, drain 4 trifectas and swipe 4 balls. Jon heard a yell, sounding very far away, and felt the pain yank him up like a string through his belly. I forgot about my sprain until a second later when I tried to yank off my shoe. Uttering a muttered curse, I yank off my shirt and rip it into strips, which I bind tightly over the wounds. With a powerful yank and a deep indrawn hiss, another of the pieces gave way. They had to yank the bill and will have to rework it to make sure that the bill accomplishes the objectives. He dug in the pocket of his jeans for a few seconds, and I waited for him to finish, curious, as he managed to yank out a piece of carefully folded, yet creased, paper. It's a miraculous way to yank yourself out of gloom and doom. Then, when the TIE Fighter is in range and glowing, press down the R2 button to yank it out of the air and hurl it at the pylon. But what Britain wants from the Conservatives is a sense that they can yank it out of the economic and fiscal hole it has sunk into. Show More Sentences It was as if someone had grabbed my arm and tried to yank it out of my shoulder socket. To send an alarm, the user only has to yank the appropriately long cord or push the red alarm button on the device. That would be the first step: Why do we not just yank them from their role on committees? Never carry the tool by the cord or yank it to disconnect it from the socket. Never carry charger or base by the cord or yank to disconnect from electrical outlet. And then like, I reach in, I yank out her vocal chords and then she just orally satisfies me by the pool. In frustration, she gave her hardest tug to yank the arrow out. Laughing quietly, I yank at her arm so she careens into me, off-balance. China reached her hands out and grabbed my hair, giving it a hard yank. With a quick yank, she pulled Shiloh in, and tied the rope to the fence. Every single one gives it a yank before remembering about the new card. It was simply, we don't like this piece of art, so we are going to yank your city funding. But let's give Lapid the benefit of the doubt, at least before we yank it back. Embarrassingly, he had to yank the bill from the House floor at the last minute. Lifting his hand, Shanza barely had time to wrap his blood-smeared fingers around the smooth shaft and yank before his knee collided with the ground and he sank into oblivion. Faced with this legal roadblock, Public Works and Government Services Minister Michael Fortier has decided to yank the two Vancouver buildings from the sale. It may be nothing more than psychological but there seems to be a delay between my thoughts and what the car does when I yank on the steering-wheel. Never yank the plug out of the receptacle. I yank open the front door, and drop my backpack on the floor. In addition, for the first time ever, the federal government will have the power to automatically yank dangerous products form store shelves when a company fails to act. Show More Sentences It is just not possible to take offenders from a northern community, yank them out, send them to some place in the south and hope that they can rehabilitate or reintegrate. But creditors fearing only a partial recovery may be more tempted to yank their money before a troubled firm is seized, risking the very collapse the resolution authority aims to prevent. It was such a yank of the rug out from under me, but I wrote it to find language for a very primitive emotional experience that might have resonance for others. Stepping on a chair that wobbled under him, he would knot a noose round his scrawny neck, test it, yank it, gyrate his neck like a pigeon and step out into the void. Filmmakers, actors and other artist have voiced out their strong disappointment at the decision to yank off the controversial movie. I roll up a sleeve, dip an arm into the slimy feculence of the celeb memoir business and yank out the ghost-written, self-indulgent, self-aggrandising effluvia of a ghastly gang of cash-randy showbiz egotists. I did not like him and at times had the urge to yank back on his armbands and slingshoot him out past Otto and the lions into the street. It was so easy to yank his chain, Tiree smirked to herself, as she dialled Les's London flat. Later researchers dismissed the idea, questioning whether the young cowbirds could even grasp and yank off the parasites. A sharp burst of laser light striking an atom can yank away an electron, ionizing the atom. Anyone exposed to them, from speculators to churchgoing custodians of widows' pensions, tried to yank their cash out, causing a run that threatened another Great Depression. If we're lucky, as adults we figure out how to allow thoughts to rise but yank them back before they reach the yawning, oxygen-less, existential atmosphere — in other words, we keep our musings sufferable and practicable. The best recent VC discs start from the relentlessness of gabber and digital hardcore, and yank it in a weirder direction. Me and another guy managed to yank off the grill and pull out the wire to stop it. Then I grabbed him and pulled at his precious hair with one hand, while trying to yank off his jewellery with the other. Do not yank the cord to disengage the power plug. If you quickly yank the putty into two halves it will break like a solid. But Mistress Munro would up and be at the door and in she'd yank Andy by the lug, and some said she'd take down his breeks and skelp him, but maybe that was a lie. When you get that yank on your heartstring, then you've got a winner. Examples from Classical Literature They had learned from sad experience that any new yank ship might prove to be deadly. Think of 'em, and then set your teeth and yank the 'tarnal daylights out of her. She gave the floppy hat a yank that slued the ridiculous green bow to a more rakish angle, and then stopped suddenly in the road. I would get hold of something that felt like what I was looking for, and I'd yank it up, and it would be something else. But I forgot to yank down those dark filters over the ends of the zeiss. He figured he had plenty of time because the yank was crippled. Some one has managed to yank the mule back on her hind quarters. Without his yank officer's uniform Stan was at a disadvantage. Second, use a nocking system that applies a small amount of downward pressure on the arrow to keep it firmly on the rest as you yank the string back. Find more words! 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