How to Use pull away in a Sentence

pull away

verb
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  • The Royals scored twice in the fifth and four times in the sixth and pulled away from the A’s.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2024
  • 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
  • Then, after playing to a 9-9 tie in the third game, the twins pulled away.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024
  • The mugger moves in, wrenching the cash out of Alex’s hand as the boy tries to pull away, the video shows.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
  • During this time, the gums start to pull away (recede) from the teeth.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 3 July 2024
  • 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 | Bthomas@al.com, 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
  • Chastain pulled away to the outside of the track after the two had been running door to door.
    — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2024
  • 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
  • The Lancers and the Pilots were all square at one match apiece before Carlsbad pulled away.
    — Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 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
  • As the vehicle pulled away, someone fired at least one more shot at the guards.
    — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
  • As Biden’s motorcade pulled away after the event wrapped, a tiny smattering of cheers sounded from the crowd.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 28 June 2024

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