tugged
past simple and past participle oftug
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tugged
The best that can be said for him is that his unwillingness to separate families at leasttuggedat his desire to make profits.
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I think that that kite is beingtuggedat pretty fiercely tonight.
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One of our experiences that mosttuggedat our heart-strings was that of giving out 40 blankets to 652 children.
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He got hold of the bell andtuggedit and then a whole lot of dogs rushed in and overwhelmed us.
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Hetuggedand pulled as the flames slowly crept towards him, and only rescued his friend to find that he was dying.
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We are all aware of the picture showing the hare beingtuggedin two directions by two dogs that had managed to catch it in the course.
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It is totally unfair to companies trying to run a business if they end up beingtuggedthis way and that by regulators anxious to establish jurisdiction over them.
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Ittuggedat the heart strings.
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While joining together in song theytuggedin unison, rotating the ship back to an upright position.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Finally, the youngest brothertuggedon the rope and the island amazingly came up to the surface.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To activate, the domed cap was unscrewed, and the pull-cord that had been coiled inside it wastuggedsharply before throwing at the target.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One just wishes the writers had put a bit more trust into that natural response, and nottuggedat our heartstrings quite so strenuously.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If students wish to wear boots, they can not betuggedover the pants.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Refers to one being afraid of having one's bellybutton touched ortuggedon by oneself or by other people.
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