Sentence examples of "pulling" in English
Getting shy Kyoko to talk at a party is like pulling teeth.
Pour réussir à faire parler la timide Kyoko à une fête, il faut lui tirer les vers du nez.
With his crew stranded at sea, Christopher Columbus was able to save them from starvation by pulling 100 rabbits out of his hat.
Lorsque lui et son équipage furent perdus en mer, Christophe Colomb sauva tout le monde de la faim en tirant cent lapins de son chapeau.
The two children pulled at the rope until it broke.
Les deux enfants ont tiré sur la corde jusqu'à ce qu'elle rompe.
I have to pull a ripcord to start my lawn mower.
Je dois tirer sur une cordelette de démarrage pour lancer ma tondeuse.
He pulled with all his strength but the rock would not move.
Il tira de toutes ses forces, mais le rocher ne bougea pas.
She grabbed him by the hand and pulled him onto the boat.
Elle le saisit par la main et le tira sur le bateau.
After a minute of free fall he pulled the rip cord and out came the parachute.
Après une minute de chute libre, il tira sur la sangle et le parachute se déploya.
My grandmother was pulling up weeds in her backyard.
Ma grand-mère sarclait les mauvaises herbes à l'arrière du jardin.
He was always pulling my leg when we worked together.
Lorsque nous travaillions ensemble, il ne cessait de me charrier.
The locomotive was pulling a long line of freight cars.
La locomotive tractait une longue file de wagons de marchandises.
It never occurred to me to take a picture of how the garden looked before we started pulling weeds.
Il ne m'est jamais venu à l'esprit de prendre une photo de ce que le jardin avait l'air, avant que nous ne commencions à arracher les mauvaises herbes.
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