Sentence examples for dragged on a string from inspiring English sources

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That is another thing to say about seminary: the experience was so intense, all of it, that I find that those years keep clacking along behind me, wherever I go, like a toy duck dragged on a string.

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It might lead the contest to drag on a little longer than if Mr. Romney carried both — Illinois is only a week away, and the news media usually look for excuses to string along the race.

To drag on a pretend cigarette.

He dragged on a cigarette.

It's dragging on a bit now.

5th fret on the E string, 7th fret on the A string, *Optional* 7th fret on the D string.

The image can also be dragged on screen to centre on a region of interest.

After his overthrow a mob dug up the much-interred limb and dragged it round the streets on a string.

Some vessels use banned methods like light-luring (attracting fish with floodlights) and pair-trawling (where nets strung between boats are dragged on the sea floor).Industrial fishing has been encouraged by rising global demand.

Play the A string on your violin.

The years dragged on.

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