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Meanings of tugged with in English

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Usage of tugged with in English
1
Though each guest tugged with all his might, he tugged in vain.
Opera Stories from Wagner
2
He stooped to pick it up; then tugged with both hands.
The Metal Monster
3
He fumbled and tugged with one hand at the breast of his kaftan.
The Scapegoat
4
Intriguer! she hissed viciously, and tugged with all her might at the portfolio.
War and Peace
5
We worried and tugged with it, and got it to camp just before daylight.
"Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment / Or, A Side ...
6
Eve set her hands over his and tugged with him.
Eve of darkness
7
Toro reached up, tugged with a parent's unthinking gentle playfulness at the child's hand.
Iron Council
8
He tugged with all his might and finally managed to draw Sikanda from its sheath.
The Neverending Story
9
The sophomore pulled and tugged with all his strength, yet he could not dislodge Ken.
The Young Pitcher
10
He stretched Sweet with one hand while he tugged with his clamp with the other.
Wench: a novel
11
His wound tugged with every step, but he was no longer a dead man walking.
King rolen's kin: the uncrowned king
12
She urged Garibaldi on and tugged with determined persistence.
Lucia Rudini: Somewhere in Italy
13
And again, enraged, he tugged with all his might a dozen times at the bell.
Crime and Punishment
14
Socrates grasped it at its midpoint and tugged with the full strength of his groznium arms.
Android Karenina
15
Then he thrust his hands into it and tugged with all his force, but nothing budged.
King Solomon's Mines
16
She pulled and tugged with all her might.
And Then There Were None
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