Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: tugged
IPA transcription: [t'ʌɡd]
Usage examples
  • Somebody tugged at my sleeve.
  • Kenneth tugged at the skirts of his doublet.
  • She tugged the packing-case an inch nearer the fire.
  • The runaway team was tugged to an inglorious halt by Remsen's tough muscles.
  • Fear was sweeping it all along. The cracking whips bit and horses plunged and tugged.
  • Then, too, the remembrance of Dicky's happy face when he thought he was surprising me tugged at my heart.
  • She laid the Noah's ark on the table, and going to the closet tugged out several big logs, which she arranged geometrically.
  • To his great gold ear-ring Harold Tugged back the feathered tail, And swift had sprung the arrow, But swifter sprang the Gael.
  • His heart tugged in his breast as he mentally measured the print, but he did not linger, for now the feeling arose that he was being watched.
  • Then his spirit swelled within him, and he said, 'If I break my heart in my body, it shall up.' And he tugged at it once more, and lifted it, and rolled it over with a shout.