pulled at

Aurek pulled at her hand and Silvana dropped to herknees, wiping her mouth with the back of her sleeve, trying to smile.

The head, legs, and tail can be pulled at least partly inside to protect the turtle from its enemies (1).

Shootings and drug arrests are commonplace in this area; the children pushed and pulled at each other to get a closer look.

I reached into a hollow tree and pulled at his leg until he squirmed out like a breached baby.

Baby Sally, named for her aunt, gurgled and pulled at Franklin's white wig .

Raven chuckled to himself. Then swiftly and powerfully he pulled at the line, sure he could jerk it from the old man's hands.

Of course fragile caverns will fracture as the N American continent is put under stress, pulled at a diagonal.

a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends.

AP reported that some of them shouted "Why? " and "Tell us something" , as police wearing riot helmets pulled at them.

He got on to the bed, and wrenched open the lattice, bursting, as he pulled at it, into an uncontrollable passion of tears.

The man pulled at the Donkey, but it didn't get up for a long time. Afterwards all of the salt was melted.

Some banks were tangled and steep; others were endless stretches of clinging grass that pulled at our legs.

He noticed how she twisted and pulled at her handkerchief.

Other smaller bodies, after colliding with each other or being pulled at by distant stars, may approach our Solar system, too.

I pulled at the handle but the door didn't open.

"They didn't tell me. " I pulled at my hair so it wouldn't look unbrushed.

The wet ground pulled at our feet as we walked.

Then she pulled at my stitches one by one, looked at my insides clicking

Then sometimes he hated her, and pulled at her bondage