How to Use pull into in a Sentence

pull into

phrasal verb
  • Her hair was pulled into a messy bun on the top of her head.
    Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
  • Sony gets pulled into the game Kuribayashi wasn’t ready to give up.
    IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2023
  • Denver to Reno The train pulls into Reno, Nevada, at about 9 a.m. the next day.
    Nayanika Guha, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The barge pulled into Fells Point’s Henderson Wharf with the bodies of the drowned.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2024
  • She was pulled into the jet stream of talks and NPR cameos and consulting projects.
    Noam Scheiber, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • He is soon pulled into a bloody war with a Russian crime boss.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 24 June 2024
  • Rivers, 55, is tall and stocky, greying hair pulled into a long braid.
    Serena Lin, AZCentral.com, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Saweetie's hair was pulled into a tight ponytail at the back of her head.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The fear bubble pops By the time Mae pulled into her driveway, the ether had lifted.
    Dr. David P. Weber, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Just as the homeowner fired a deputy pulled into the driveway.
    Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 15 Sep. 2023
  • This slowed it down enough to be pulled into the moon’s orbit about 57 miles above the lunar surface.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The following week, Jessie and Bobby pulled into the parking lot at the same time.
    Jessica Francis Kane, Harper's Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023
  • If that is the case, butchery can be pulled into the 21st century by its apron strings.
    Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
  • In four separate cars, the five men pulled into the driveway of the four-bedroom, ranch-style home.
    Emma Tucker, CNN, 13 Aug. 2023
  • As the car pulled into the driveway of the sorority house, light burst through the roommates' window.
    Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The wind was blowing wildly by the time Verna pulled into the grocery store.
    Melina Mara, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The bus pulled into the narrow parking lot on a sunny but cold morning.
    The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The group pulled into a shallow bay and saw a different bull running in the distance.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 11 Jan. 2024
  • But, as the bus pulled into the campus, Sanders saw a group of white classmates waiting in the parking lot, staring at them.
    Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
  • On the latter, Linkin Park pulls into sole possession of the sixth-most top 10s in the chart’s 35-year history.
    Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Betts scored 20 points in the first three quarters, helping the Bruins pull into a tie heading into the fourth.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • After a time, women ducked in between the men, joining the dance, and then my companion and I were pulled into the line.
    Andrew Weil, Harper's Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • At that moment, the gondola pulled into the refuge of the mountain station with a sudden jerk.
    Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
  • This happens when fluid that is pulled into the bloodstream to dilute glucose comes from the lenses of the eyes.
    Gary Gilles, Verywell Health, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The fringe reaches below J.Lo’s eyebrows and is framed by longer pieces along the sides of her face, giving the hair its ’70s shag look, with the rest pulled into a ponytail.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2024
  • About a minute later, a security vehicle pulled into the lot and parked in front of the store.
    Jennifer Henderson, CNN, 29 Aug. 2023
  • There’s 30 million people watching and I got pulled into this teen idol stuff.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Her brunette locks, streaked with honey blonde highlights, were pulled into a half-up, half-down style with face-framing pieces.
    Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The driver pulls into a QuikTrip, loops around one of the gas pumps and leaves the parking lot as the officer activates his sirens.
    Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Ground yourself to help ground them There will be times when you get pulled into your child’s or teen’s emotional spiral.
    Tovah P. Klein, Contributor, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024

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