Injury to a muscle in which the muscle fibers tear as a result of overstretching.
1 The club said the fitness of the centre-back Marc Bartra will be a day-to-day decision as he recovers from a muscle pull .
2 She saw the rigid line of taut muscles pulling his coat tight.
3 The sound of muscles pulling away from bone in wet thick pieces filled the night.
4 Instead, he managed to keep his mouth shut while his neck muscles pulled ever tighter.
5 His abdominal muscles pulled her to her feet.
6 The faces were lighted from below and they were strained faces, with the jaw muscles pulled tight.
7 Rabban felt the animal's powerful muscles pulling beneath him, and despite the incline, the horse didn't seem to tire.
8 My muscles pulled a bit, probably from being stuck in a window, but a hot shower would relax the kinks.
9 Millions of people take the painkillers as pills every day to treat headaches, arthritis, muscle pulls and other aches and pains.
10 Didn't take more than a tug and she had her legs around him, her exquisitely honed muscles pulling his hips down to hers.
11 His lined hands gripped the railings, and I could see the muscles pulling in his arms as he clenched and then relaxed his fingers.
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