On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Tugging. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Tugging meaning
present participle and gerund of tug
Using Tugging
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of tug
- In the example corpus, tugging often appears in combinations such as: tugging on, tugging at, and tugging.
Context around Tugging
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tugging
- In this selection, "tugging" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, heart, performed, further, services, plummet and moments stand out and add context to how "tugging" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a heart tugging ballad which and and pants tugging skeleton rudy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tugging" sits close to words such as abdulrazaq, adan and adolphus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tugging
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Further tugging on our fault lines as a heterogeneous nation, 250 tribes strong. (13 words)
He handles it with ease, delivering one of the most heart-tugging moments of the whole film. (17 words)
In the clip, she started off wearing an oversized t-shirt while tugging on her long locks. (17 words)
He has one fatal moment when he thinks he's going to feel the tugging plummet of death, and in that last moment he feels a raw and unbridled hatred for Merfey Davis. (33 words)
Uttering rosy generalizations in her sweetly tremulous voice, and tugging her legs back into the lotus position when they slipped free, she was an example of total self-absorption and desperate self-advertisement. (33 words)
Take, for example, this stunningly pretty version of a heart-tugging ballad, which finds a father summoning the courage to wish his daughter the best as she moves on to her new life. (33 words)
Kushner, and pants-tugging skeleton Rudy Giuliani—because that's what you do with innocent people, right? (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
A large harbor tug, Marinette was known as a workhorse and performed tugging services for the 5th Naval District, headquartered at Norfolk, Virginia into 1969.
Further tugging on our fault lines as a heterogeneous nation, 250 tribes strong.
He has one fatal moment when he thinks he's going to feel the tugging plummet of death, and in that last moment he feels a raw and unbridled hatred for Merfey Davis.
However, it was his heartfelt message that left a lasting impact, tugging at the heartstrings of all who read it.
I’m sure there is something that is particularly heart-tugging about seeing an image of a child whose face looks like yours.
I use prepared fillets to save the pernickety task of tugging out the fine bones that lurk down each side of a whole kipper.
One of those moments came as the Queen asked 'Can you help?' to a man on her right, while tugging on her cloak.
The pair had removed three other walls and were tugging at the wall to push it over before it fell backwards, trapping them both.
Uttering rosy generalizations in her sweetly tremulous voice, and tugging her legs back into the lotus position when they slipped free, she was an example of total self-absorption and desperate self-advertisement.
A video shows the monkey - believed to be a Rhesus Macaque, which are native to the city - climbing up the front of the machine and tugging at the top of it.
Even on plays when no penalty is called — and there appears to be solid coverage — there is a lot of tugging on opponents’ jerseys.
He handles it with ease, delivering one of the most heart-tugging moments of the whole film.
In the clip, she started off wearing an oversized t-shirt while tugging on her long locks.
Take, for example, this stunningly pretty version of a heart-tugging ballad, which finds a father summoning the courage to wish his daughter the best as she moves on to her new life.
The racy dance showed the former X-Factor judge tugging on her bikini bottoms to tease her pelvic tattoos, and groping herself as she performed an interpretive dance to the music.
With multiple heart-tugging storylines there’s never a dull moment, it features some pretty impressive plot twists and turns, and there are six packed seasons to get through.
In the first snap, she had one hand in her hair and the other tugging her top up.
Kushner, and pants-tugging skeleton Rudy Giuliani—because that's what you do with innocent people, right?
Natalie drank only white wine spritzers but Natasha always knew when her mother had too much and didn't react to the little girl tugging on her skirt.
She bent her other arm at the elbow, tugging at her white blouse to pull it down even lower.
Common combinations with tugging
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- tugging on 14×
- tugging at 10×
- and tugging 6×
- by tugging 3×
- of tugging 2×
- while tugging 2×
- tugging her 2×
- is tugging 2×
- tugging the 2×
- tugging it 2×