How to Use pull away in a Sentence

pull away

verb

• The Hogs outscored the Tigers 18-8 over a six-minute stretch in the second half to pull away.
  — Jackson Fuller, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2024
• The couple each reel hard while the rod bows over with the force of the fish pulling away.
  — Irene Wright The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 3 July 2023
• At this point, gums will start to pull away from the teeth and some bone will be lost.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2023
• What the divers can’t pull away by hand is cut with scissors.
  — Bobby Caina Calvan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023
• In the second game, the Highlanders won 74-52, pulling away in the second half.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2024
• The tamale should be able to easily pull away from the husk once cooked.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2023
• In the final stanza, the Spurs seemed ready to pull away as DeRozan got hot.
  — Tom Orsborn, ExpressNews.com, 14 Jan. 2021
• That figures to be the script in this matchup, with the Falcons pulling away in the second half.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• In a game neither team led by more than five points, the Bears couldn’t pull away.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 3 Mar. 2023
• The women pulled away and a white Cadillac took their place.
  — Jill Cowan, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• This is causing my spouse to pull away from them even more.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 29 Nov. 2022
• Starting with those six unanswered points, the Heat closed the game on an 11-2 run to pull away.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024
• No bus pulled away to reveal the extreme home makeover.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
• But Jacksonville’s defense will take over, and the Jaguars can run it enough to pull away.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• As soon as the weather warms, pull away mulch to allow new shoots to pop up.
  — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2023
• The Trojans finally pulled away with a 14-4 streak at the end of the third quarter.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
• A lot of times, Bryan would try to pull away my description.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2023
• Bake until the top is golden brown and firm to the touch and the cake begins to pull away from the sides of the pan, 45 to 55 minutes.
  — SFChronicle.com, 17 Sep. 2020
• The boat ever-so-smoothly pulls away from the dock and the music gives way to a man’s voice on the P.A. system.
  — Reed Parsell, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
• The two were side-by-side into Turn 1, and Hamlin pulled away and won the two-lap shootout at his home track.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2024
• Shooting-wise, the Mercury had one of its best games and pulled away when the Mystics couldn’t match it.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
• The Seminoles took advantage and pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 38-20 win.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• His body appeared to get caught on the door and he was dragged about 15 feet as the cruiser turned onto the street and pulled away.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• But, once again, the Eagles got back-to-back 3-pointers from Curbeam and Bangoura to pull away.
  — Mike Frainie, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2023
• Had Timme never picked up that fourth foul, the Huskies likely still would have pulled away, but the call altered the tone of the game and sped up the rout.
  — Mark Anderson, ajc, 26 Mar. 2023
• The cases were loaded into a van, the doors were closed and the vehicle pulled away.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• South Oak Cliff out-scored Hillcrest 32-13 in the final three quarters to pull away.
  — Kevin Reynolds, Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2021
• Neither team could pull away from the other at State Farm Arena as the lead changed hands 14 times.
  — Issy Ronald, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
• Burke's swarming defense helped the Bulldogs pull away in the fourth quarter.
  — Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2023
• After Starship pulled away, the first stage had done its heavy-lifting job.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024