The phrase "pull a cord" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
It refers to the action of tugging on a cord or rope to activate or operate something. Example: Please pull the cord to start the lawnmower. In this sentence, "pull the cord" is the imperative phrase instructing someone to use the cord to activate the lawnmower.
At one machine, children can pull a cord and surround themselves in a giant bubble.
According to the scenario worked out by the Tunnel Authority, Mr. Roosevelt was to pull a cord hanging from the roof of the platform, which would signal the operator of a Diesel shovel to bite the first chunk of earth out of the Borough of Brooklyn.
If a plane is badly damaged or out of control, the pilot can pull a cord and send up a chute to bring it to earth softly.
This existence where time after time, elected officials in suits, or Americans in voting booths, click a button, pull a cord, mark a box, and decide whether or not you are worthy of equality.
Upon the acceptance by the new pope of his election, all other cardinals in attendance would each pull a cord and lower the canopies above their respective thrones signifying an end to the period of collective governance and only the newly elected pope's canopy remained unlowered.
It was operated by pulling a cord until, some years ago, it was wired for an electric switch.
He creates a contraption in which he pulls a cord which releases the bucket onto his head.
Once he had reached 3,000 feet off the ground, he pulled a cord releasing him from the plane.
Yesterday, Mr. Childs and Mr. Libeskind joined Mr. Pataki in pulling a cord at Federal Hall National Memorial to reveal a glistening, nine-foot acrylic model of the Freedom Tower.
The flip clock only works correctly when the user pulls a cord that then shows the correct time at that moment.
After examining the boy's genitals, the doctor moved to a washbasin with a mirror attached over it; he pulled a cord, and a tube-light flickered to life over the mirror.
