Morton had a way of calling on his friends the night before a degree examination to ask them to put him up to as much as would pull him through.
The moral philosophers wore an air of certainty, for they knew that if they stuck to Calderwood he would pull them through.
When Lamb sat down to write, he did not pull down his blind on all that is greatest, if most awful, in human life.
Feeling that the powers were against me, I then retired from the conflict, sanguine that the teaching of my mathematical schoolmaster, the best that could be, would pull me through.
Fares when they want you to pull up 'ave got little thought for your eyes and they don't stick at trifles.
And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
What good does the light do the man who, when its morning rays shine into his room, willpull down the shades and close the shutters and pull the cover of his couch over his head?
It doesn't help matters to pull a long face and go moping around wiping your eyes.
The pull at the boarding-house bell was answered by a rather slatternly maid, who informed the visitor that she guessed Mr. Pearson was in; he 'most always was around lunch time.
He felt the hot smoke on his face; he heard the snapping and roaring of the fire; he saw the men about the car pull out Jim and his companions, and perceived that their faces were blackened.
He's got a hard pull of it with a half share of victuals and a double share of children, so the two ends hardly ever see each other, much less think of meeting.
Stand back, my men, and, Jim, be ready to pullus both out!
But it would have been a great pity to pull down this for it.
Altogether the house was one of those cruel tenements which it would be a sin to pull down, or even materially to alter, but which it would be an hourly inconvenience for a modern family to inhabit.
And please pullthat sofa around to the blaze for me.
I didn't have to take you by the chin and twist your head as though you were a lay figure; I didn't have to pull you about and flex and bend and twist you.
He gave so violent a pull with the oars, that the little boat bounded out of the water and seemed to gain a little on its pursuer.
When morning came, a dense fog had settled along the river, entirely concealing us, and while it hung we were ordered to pull out quietly.
In that barren region, with scant provender and protected from the weather by a roof of cedar-brush, our horses had fared badly, and showed no disposition to pull when hitched to the guns that were held tight in the frozen mud.
It will not be taken off while I can pull a trigger.
In just such a situation as this, it not being to our liking, I asked Lieutenant Graham if we should pull out when the others did.
I seized what I supposed to be his bridle-rein, but it proved to be the strap on the saddle-bow, and the pull I gave came near unhorsing me.
You must ruffle your hair, and pull that hood over your face, so as to hide it as much as possible.
If we had time, we might pull down one of the outbuildings and build a thick wall behind the gates; but in an hour they will be attacking us again.
I would say, sir, that when a fisherman hooks an exceedingly large fish, it is just possible that, instead of landing it, the fish may pull him into the water.
And I'll pull on my boots," said Puss, Junior, running back to the barn.
Poor Puss had all he could do to keep from falling out, and the little old man clung to the side boards and cried, "Pull on the lines!
Here she could get at him better to pull him about, if this should seem desirable, or if she thought fit to cry she could bury her head in the sofa cushion and abandon herself to an agony of grief which seldom failed of its effect.
Unable to match their anyhow outdated knowledge with anything a modern marketplace can offer - they default on to menial jobs, rebel orpull levers to advance in life.
The EU does not hesitate to pull every lever - however illegitimate, ridiculous, or downright dangerous - in its negotiations with the new applicants.
Changing the line wastes time, and gives your adversary an opportunity to pull himself together and make a remise or renew the attack.
Deadening the way of the frigate, a boat was dropped in the water and had only to pull alongside the other vessel as it came up.
Alarmed lest a battle might take place in his absence, Nelson jumped into a boat alongside, and started for a six hours' pull against wind and current to join the fleet, in haste so great that he refused even to wait for a boat cloak.
Thinks he can pull the wool over my eyes by not lookin' at me.
An uncomfortable feeling about that York Macpherson had begun now to pull hard upon Eugene's complacent assurance, although he had rebelled a few minutes ago at the thought of going anywhere after Jerry.
I was forced to turn my face from them, and pull out my handkerchief.
And whereas we had a regard onelie to pull downe sinne by defacing the monasteries, you haue a desire also to ouerthrow all goodnesse by subuersion of colleges.
Poules, that was neere to the librarie, at such time as the Duke of Somerset did pull it downe to the verie foundation, and carried the stones thereof to the Strand, where he did build his house.
What if he should pull the trigger, and the revolver failed to go off?
When the horse started suddenly he was forced to support himself somewhat by a hard pull on the reins, a thing that never should be done.
He'd better be a-sayin' of his prayers when I pulldown on him with this ole Bet!
He had been introduced by a student by the name of Harris, and Frank, whose one great failing was his strong inclination to play cards for a stake, had been drawn into the game in his endeavor to pull Rattleton out of it.
Put that loop around your waist, Diamond, and I'll pullas you climb.
Frank remembered the Irish lad had been handy with an oar in the old days at Fardale, while Ephraim, at one time a genuine lubber, had been to sea and could pull like a sailor.
I'll give ten dollars to anybody who will pull me out of this and get me out of the room.
You'll see how easy he will pull off the set, Miss Darling.
Yes, you are dripping like a mermaid; pull my cloak round you: but I think you are feverish, Jane: both your cheek and hand are burning hot.
If you twist in that way you will make me pull the hair out of your head; and then I think you will cease to entertain doubts of my substantiality.
Sir Rodwell, and his eyebrows fixed at the perch of Colney's famous 'national interrogation' over vacancy of understanding, as if from the pull of a string.
They vote safely enough when the day comes, if there is no praetematurally strong pull the other way.
Pull, pull now for life, boys," shouted Sam as he seized the helm.
Pull, pull now for life, boys," echoed the faithful translator in her silvery tones.
Here, Letta, you understand the language, tell the slaves below to out oars and pull for their lives.
Now, although we have said that Jim Slagg knew how to pull a trigger, it does not follow that he knew how to avoid pulling that important little piece of metal.
He knew indeed how to load a rifle and pull the trigger, but nothing more.
Well enough," answered Stumps, taking another pull at the brandy and water.
Leslie seated himself, took the oars, turned the boat, and backed slowly and cautiously in, holding himself ready to pull out again at the slightest appearance of danger.
Yes," said Uncle Luke; "the doctor says he willpull him through.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pull" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
