Sentence examples for dragged against from inspiring English sources

Andrea swung her feet so that her sandals dragged against the linoleum floor.

It is also nonsense to suggest that Britain is at risk of being dragged, against its will, into a European superstate, as Liam Fox and others have suggested.

As I arrived at the police station and parked my car, I was surrounded by a number of individuals who I did not know and dragged against me into a car against my will.

In "Reeling," one of the segments, Ms. Wolfe delicately layered instruments atop a recording of a French Canadian folk singer; Mr. Lang's "unused swan" combined samples of knife sharpening with the icy wash of chains dragged against metal.

Dame Helen Ghosh, the permanent secretary of the Home Office was also dragged against protocol to appear before her committee to explain the failures she presided over in her previous department.

In spite of Mr. Glazer's cleverness and panache, "Sexy Beast" tells the familiar story of an aging criminal dragged against his will into the life he's tried to escape.

Almost without warning, a synth line starts to buzz and drag against his high.

There's a ghostly quality to her work, eerie undercurrents that drag against the synths-upon-synths euphoria.

But alcohol was not the one who stripped me, fingered me, had my head dragging against the ground, with me almost fully naked.

There is still plenty of pressure on Kenya's elephants but they are still here, it's incredible that in this modern age we have seriously large elephants living in Tsavo who's tusks drag against the ground when they walk.

But the long sleeves may be prone to dragging against contaminated objects, and a survey found that most doctors rarely wash their coats.