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Example sentences for "yanking"

Lexicographically close words:
yana; yance; yander; yang; yanked; yanne; yanza; yanzi; yaou; yapa
  1. Righty, grabbing Tom by the coat sleeve and yanking him off to one side.

  2. The idea of a seven-pound monkey yanking a three-ton Hippopotamus!

  3. Yanking his coat from the rock riffle he spread it over the treasure and then, running low and swiftly, gun in hand, he scouted through the brush on both sides of the creek, and then bounded toward the lower fork.

  4. He changed the gun to his left hand, snatched a cartridge from his chaps' pocket and, yanking out the lead with his teeth, emptied the shell into a glass.

  5. I was just bellering and yanking Bony by the arm and saying, "Oh, come on, Bony!

  6. Sam by the back of his neck, and yanking him to his feet.

  7. But the man did not hear him, for he was yanking into place the lever that enabled him to run on direct drive for fourth speed.

  8. From group to group Mr. Moe Blotch ran, yanking its members out into the cheerless open.

  9. You're welcome," said Racey, hospitably yanking his trousers from the only chair the room possessed.

  10. You stop that cussin'," resumed Racey, seizing the bridle short and yanking the bouncing horse to a standstill with a swerve and a jerk that almost unseated its rider.

  11. Talent was scarce, and the rude, heartless city was forever reaching down into Homeburg and yanking some indispensable players away.

  12. It is Gibb Ogle surging up the walk and yanking his ponderous feet this way and that with tremendous energy.

  13. Seems as if the world was always looking Homeburg men over, the way a housewife looks over an asparagus patch, and yanking out the ones who stick up a little higher than the rest.

  14. She went over and over, yanking down all the way on the flight controls.

  15. Like yanking the Denton out of my holster and feeding me a dose of the stunner.

  16. Slipping on his leather jacket, yanking the zipper, he wormed about the blankets for his mess kit and stepped out into the open, feeling sand drop off his clothes.

  17. Yanking off a splinter of wood at the hospital gate, he said: "I'll phone you .

  18. Another detonation, and they were in the midst of a barrage, explosive forces yanking at the treads, hammering at the armor plate, slugging mud and gravel against the turret, smoke and acid penetrating inside.

  19. Robespierre was pawing at the pock-marked one's coat, and finally succeeded in yanking him around.

  20. Mother Frochard to the girl roughly, yanking her to her feet.

  21. Illustration: Yanking open the screen-door, he plunged headlong into the softly lighted veranda] They stopped short.

  22. Yanking open the screen-door, he plunged headlong into the softly lighted veranda.

  23. They go right on yanking things about and putting their own prices on them and reserving them.

  24. In about half a minute, kerlick, kerlick, it went on a switch and then the men began yanking on the brake handles for all they were worth.

  25. They loaded the rusty victoria and headed for Colima, riders trailing behind, with Chico yanking angrily.

  26. They were yanking at their ropes as Manuel raced toward them, whacking foliage aside, hoping he could get to them before they broke away.

  27. The three sails leaped together, yanking high, Like talons darting up to clutch the sky.

  28. Then he grabbed Krishna's wrist and pulled hard, yanking the boy off his feet, slamming his chest into the railing hard enough to shower dried spider's nests and flakes of paint to the porch floor.

  29. Next, Biff was on the outskirts of the milling throng, and Chandra was yanking him away, along with Kamuka.

  30. Those offered no good hiding place, because the rioters already were overturning or yanking open chests and boxes which blocked them, while they kept up an excited shout, "Farangi!

  31. One summer day when the little birds were pouring forth their lay, and the little lambs were frisking on the green sward, and yanking their tails athwart the ambient air, she lit out for the great untried West with a grasshopper sufferer.


  32. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "yanking" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.