At the first sound of that unfamiliar voice, Flame yanked the handkerchief from her eyes, took one blank glance at the Stranger, and burst forth into a muffled, but altogether blood-curdling scream.
His difficulty was not ignored by his host, for the stout gentleman suddenly reached into the pile, yanked forth something that was broad brimmed and lacy and thrust it into his hands.
Mary yanked the door full wide and ran down the hall.
Incredulously he came back through his daughter's room and, crossing over to the hall door, yanked it open abruptly on the intruder.
Unflinchingly, as if her wrists were built of steel wires, the girl jumped up and pulled and tugged and yanked his almost dead weight into a sitting posture again.
Billy Cook made one frantic clutch at his boot-leg; and, failing to find relief, yanked the boot off.
Little Tim yanked the fish out of water, with a jerk that sent fish and mackerel-jig higher than his head.
This brought the pack under me, my head was lower than my hips, the pack wedged in a hole, and I should have had difficulty in rising had not the boys yanked me up.
We yanked Knudsen out of the trench, and the captain, forming us instantly, marched us away in the direction that Vera didn't take.
Especially good on that last deployment when you yanked him into place.
Phaon disappeared beyond our bow: his brown arms yanked at the kelp; he bobbed and swam toward me, treading water, puffing.
Phaon yankedshields and spears off the wall and armed Thasos and another man I scarcely knew, a visitor.
The drawer stuck, and he yanked at it savagely--as a man will.
One of the band yanked Fritz back by the coat-tail, and the woods rang with Rattlesnake's vociferous comments.
So saying, the southern cook yanked a crate out from a corner and lifted a heavy burlap bag therefrom.
He dashed out, grabbed him roughly, yanked him back to safety, and then pitched into him.
Ora was brought out into the open, her arms held fast by two of the red devils who yanked her roughly along between them.
A vast cloud of black loomed directly ahead, springing up from the tossing cloud banks; and Mado yanked at the controls, swerving the Nomad sharply from her course.
Langridge could protest Sid had yanked him backward, partly over the seat, and had grasped the right hand of the former Randall student--a hand containing a small, circular mirror.
The chauffeur yanked the gasolene lever over the rachet, opening the throttle wider, and the car shot forward at increased speed.
They yanked the chains out of his hands and took after that poet as if he owed 'em something.
She caught him as he was going to jump overboard and yanked him back like he was a bag of meal.
And when Mr. Palford yanked me away from New York, he didn't suspect a fellow could be in such a state.
I just rushed into Cohen's the last day and yanked a few things off the ready-made counter.
The other cop had yanked out O'Neill's wallet, and now tossed it to Gordon.
The hand that had been reaching for the knife yanked the weapon out and brought it up sharply.
Gordon knocked him out of the way with his elbow, reached for the door to Trench's private office, and yanked it open.
Izzy leaped for the machine gun and yanked it from dead hands, while the cops slowly began raising their arms.
As the door shut behind them, Gordon yanked Sheila back to the couch.
Gordon yanked out the man's wallet, but there was no identification; it held only a small sheaf of bills.
He caught her feet in his hands and yanked her back.
Izzy yanked the door open and dropped flat behind it.
Mr. Wrenn yanked this bell-pull with an urbane briskness which, he hoped, would conceal his nervousness and delight in dining out.
Bruce, as he collared Stubbs andyanked him off the easy-chair.
He caught the man by the shoulders, yanked him to his feet, ran him to the door, and booted him out of the stable.
As the man stooped to pick up the money, which had fallen at his feet, Frank caught him by the collar with his well hand, yanked him up, and started him on a run for an open window.
Why, they yankedtwo thousand out of you, didn't they?
It was like pullin' an eye-tooth, but Pole yanked it out.
Next day Hal Dane's sturdy constitution asserted itself and yankedhim out from any lazy coddling between the sheets.
Colonel Wiljohn yankedoff his coat and wrapped it around Hal.
The silk went taut, yanked him back into an upright position.
They had all gone down the steps, and the captain, mad and sullen, was about to follow, when suddenly Pole reached out and caught him by the collar and yanked him right back into the crowd that was surging forward.
When he had closed in upon this coach, the man on the footboard smiled triumphantly, yanked open the door, and flung himself within.
Then Captain Halstead, still looking backward, while Joe’s chest heaved at last, yanked himself up into the hatchway, glancing out over the water.
The first time it was necessary for this Long Island boy to let himself be seen as Ellis turned for a look backward, Hank yanked off his hat, nimbly chasing a butterfly, which he missed.
As the cab started one of the reporters bounded up onto the step, from which he was adroitly yanked by Jed Prentiss.
Temple reached up, grasped the lever firmly in his hand, yanked it.
The promise which bade fair to yield so much joy in the future has been ruthlessly yanked asunder, and two young hearts must bleed through the coming years.
This is the heyday of his life; the high noon of the boy who never ventured to ride the yearling colt, or to be yanked through the shimmering sunlight at the tail of a two-year-old.
Parker yanked on the handle that opened the cabin door.
With a snarling crash of breaking metal, one of the helicopter blades was yanked from its mounting above them.
Cane and umbrella were yanked from behind the door and he was ready to fly.
When he finally locked it and yanked out his watch his brow was wet and he was trembling.
At length, Doc fastened his forceps on the ulcerated tooth, and, grinding his teeth and wrinkling his face, yanked with all his might.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "yanked" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
