pulled away

past tense of pull away

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulled away
Verb
  • The massive estate with its sprawling mansion and detached four-car garage sits at a low elevation of 7,600 feet.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Empathy As Innovation In their world, design isn’t detached from emotion.
    Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Acosta-Hernandez fled the vehicle on foot and officers established a perimeter.
    Graeme Taskerud, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The suspect fled the scene in an unknown vehicle with an unknown amount of cash, according to McCarthy.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Surveys find that most managers assume—incorrectly, at times—that employees without their webcams on are disengaged from the conversation.
    Carmine Gallo, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Playing without four of their regular rotation players because of injury Monday night, the Lakers weren’t anywhere close to their best, physically shorthanded and rapidly disengaged mentally.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The economy has shrunk by eighty-five per cent during the civil war.
    Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The Latino share of the population in that area, a longtime enclave for Puerto Rican families, has shrunk faster than any other group in the last two decades.
    Winnie Hu, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Yet the portion of Americans who drink has shrunk in recent years.
    Ivana Saric, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Terrific films abound, but the audience that once rushed to see them in theaters has shrunk.
    Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Pulled away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulled%20away. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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