The phrase "act of dragging" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the action or process of pulling something along a surface, often with effort or difficulty.
Example: "The act of dragging the heavy suitcase across the gravel was exhausting."
Alternatives: "process of pulling" or "action of hauling".
"The act of dragging a person across a floor has no gentle aspect whatsoever," she wrote.
A surveillance camera caught the man in the act of dragging a key across the surface of "Night Sky #12 (1996-98)." Valued at 1.2 million dollars, the work was on view in "Life on Mars," the 2008 Carnegie International exhibition.
Can this app beat incumbents like Watchville or, barring a an electronic solution, the simple act of dragging your watch box to a bar?
Then, in the second act, when the plot is in danger of dragging, Sabathia conjures a convincing performance from Van Pelt, who thrives off the energy of their encounter.
In an act of traditional political drama the house played out the pretence of dragging the Speaker to take up his chair.
Conservative critics have accused the Obama administration of dragging its feet in calling the attack an act of terror and covering up the real story.
But as the first act of the strike dragged on longer than anyone expected, a dramatic turnabout took place.
By some tremendous act of willpower, we drag ourselves into our hire car and drive three hours up the coast through armies of Muslim schoolgirls in fringed headscarves and baggy nylon tracksuits, past tiny fishing villages and miles of magnificent, virtually untouched beach.
"I was just kind of dragged along".
(Surely there is no clearer sign of amateurishness than audience participation -- at the top of the second act the performers drag members of the audience onstage to dance with them).
While exports are coming back, the end of government stimulus programs and growing unemployment will act as drags on growth.
