Sentence examples for pulled a cord from inspiring English sources

Once he had reached 3,000 feet off the ground, he pulled a cord releasing him from the plane.

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.

The Greek scholar K. Palaeologos, writing in an excellent history of the Games, "The Eternal Olympics," notes that the race began when the horizontal bars of the starting gate behind which the athletes stood dropped in unison, as an official pulled a cord to which the bars were connected.

George Tucker, a grandson of Logan, pulled a cord, parting the flags that had draped over the statue.

They pulled a cord and the turquoise-and-gold silks of Ahmed Zayat's racing operation rolled down from the ceiling, lining up perfectly at the end of the row.

At one machine, children can pull a cord and surround themselves in a giant bubble.

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.

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.

A few years ago, I saw a horse who lived in a stall right beside his owner's kitchen who could open the window, turn on the light by pulling a cord and stir a pot with a spoon.