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Tugged | Tugging | Tugger

Tugged meaning

simple past and past participle of tug

Using Tugged

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of tug
  • In the example corpus, tugged often appears in combinations such as: tugged at, she tugged, tugged on.

Context around Tugged

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

feeling 1× shirt 1× conscience 1× diagnosis 1× gets 1× eva 1× luciana 1× playmate 1× playfully 1× knees 1×

Often after:

drive 1× shoulder 1×

Sentence patterns with Tugged

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and being tugged back to 1× and playfully tugged at her 1× as she tugged at her 1× cancer diagnosis tugged at the 1× footage eva tugged on the 1× gear they tugged a wet 1× hair and tugged at the 1× hat and tugged at the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as they adjusted 1× at the start 1× buffy is reeling 1× he followed his 1× her conscience tugged 1× however rupee seems 1×

Common sentence endings:

against her skin 1× against the face 1× at my dress 1× barricading the garage 1× bottoms once more 1× closed her eyes 1×

Words around Tugged

Just before it in the word index:

tuggar 18 tugendhat 29 tugend 2 tugela 6 tugdual 2 tugboats 19

Just after it in the word index:

tugger 3 tuggerah 6 tuggeranong 20 tugging 45 tuggle 11 tughlak 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

abaribe 42 abbasids 42 abstentions 42 abundances 42 acadians 42 acrisure 42

Corpus analysis for Tugged

  • In this selection, "tugged" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, feeling, shirt, conscience, drive and shoulder stand out and add context to how "tugged" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and being tugged back to and and playfully tugged at her. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tugged" sits close to words such as abaribe, abbasids and abstentions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tugged

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Rosa gets tugged shoulder-first into the post. (8 words)

He followed his heart, even when it was being tugged in two places. (13 words)

In that image, Luciana tugged at her hair as she closed her eyes. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Newcastle doubled their lead at the half-hour mark from a corner when Dan Burn peeled away from his marker despite having his shirt tugged and the towering defender headed in Kieran Trippier's cross at the far post. (39 words)

News of David Myers' cancer diagnosis tugged at the heartstrings of the nation in December 2023, and his co-star Si King said his determination throughout the filming of the new series made it 'particularly special'. (36 words)

Lindsey placed one hand in her hair and tugged at the suit with her other hand, gazing directly at the camera with a coy expression on her face, her pink makeup popping against her skin. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Buffy is reeling after dying, reaching heaven, and being tugged back to reality – her friends thought they brought her back from hell, but they were wrong.

He followed his heart, even when it was being tugged in two places.

Here he is preparing to pilot a spaceship that will also carry the first woman — Christina Hammock Koch — to the moon, feeling tugged by the pull of American history.

It starts with a tugged drive that races into a fairway bunker and ends up against the face.

I wasn’t even sure that I had succeeded until I tugged and tidied the knot.

Newcastle doubled their lead at the half-hour mark from a corner when Dan Burn peeled away from his marker despite having his shirt tugged and the towering defender headed in Kieran Trippier's cross at the far post.

There was a time where somebody touched my hair making it untidy and tugged at my dress.

As they adjusted their boat’s gear, they tugged a wet cloth off two hefty-looking halibut.

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Her conscience tugged at her as she learned about factory farming practices and slaughter — the cramped spaces, the suffering, the eyes that pleaded for mercy.

News of David Myers' cancer diagnosis tugged at the heartstrings of the nation in December 2023, and his co-star Si King said his determination throughout the filming of the new series made it 'particularly special'.

Rosa gets tugged shoulder-first into the post.

At the start of the footage, Eva tugged on the steel cables barricading the garage.

However, rupee seems to remain in a tugged state as RBI continues with its forex interventions even after the US Treasury Department put India on its ‘currency manipulator’ watch list.

In that image, Luciana tugged at her hair as she closed her eyes.

Last but not least, Teeuws looked out into the distance as she tugged at her bottoms once more.

Lindsey placed one hand in her hair and tugged at the suit with her other hand, gazing directly at the camera with a coy expression on her face, her pink makeup popping against her skin.

Playmate tugged on the strings before turning around to show off the cheeky back of her bathing suit.

She accessorized with a large-brimmed hat and tugged at the sides with her hands.

She also faced the camera head-on and playfully tugged at her thong straps.

She bent one of her knees, tugged at the strings of her bottoms, looked away from the camera, and flashed her beautiful smile.

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Common combinations with tugged

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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What does "tugged" mean?
Tugged means: simple past and past participle of tug
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