Sentence examples for haven't dragged from inspiring English sources

I want to make clear that I haven't dragged real historical figures bearing their own names into my story by attributing points of view to them gratuitously or by forcing them to behave implausibly -- unexpectedly, surprisingly, beautifully, shockingly, but not implausibly.

I can't comment on the durability yet – I haven't dragged this onto forty planes and through 80 TSA checkpoints yet – but at first blush it seems like it will last at least as long as a my Speck/Smart Cover combo.

The monsters have not dragged me out of bed and taken me back to their lair.

They hadn't dragged their feet bugging the apartment!

So far innovation hasn't dragged down costs because the incentives are so screwed up.

I was glad I hadn't dragged home Eliska Sedlacek's old silk bras.

Would have been five, if the MC competition hadn't dragged on like a one-legged dog.

If this hasn't dragged metal into disrepute, it certainly could and possibly even should have done.

If the volcanism that set off the extinction hadn't dragged on for so long (it lasted about a million years), some life might have made it through okay.

"You couldn't hear from anybody — you didn't know if they were scared!" Minetti has received death threats and voice-mails threatening rape: "They said, 'There's going to be six of us; we're going to find you one day when you're alone.' " I asked if Berlusconi hadn't dragged Minetti into something unpleasant.

Mr. Sarnoff also said Random House had not dragged its feet in publishing electronic books, but simply waited for the market to develop.