Sentence examples for pulled a plug from inspiring English sources

Mr. Gonzalez climbed a ladder, unscrewed two bolts and pulled a plug.

With pain pulsating in his elbow, he dropped away from the pack quickly, as if someone had pulled a plug.

It gave the distinct impression the N.F.L. did not want an appealing game to be staged Monday night and pulled a plug.

I can remember one point where I pulled a plug out of the wall about half an inch and then put a metal piece of an erector set across the two pins just to see what would happen.

No one knows if this was intentional or not but someone pulled a plug somewhere.

"The textile industry here went out just like pulling a plug on a drain," says Mr. Tapp.

I needed power at one point so I went to pull a plug out of the wall.

After weeks of exchanging emails with the review committee, the team decided to pull a plug on their most successful app because it cannot meet iOS 7 policy changes.

That's when you pull a plug.

I literally thought of pulling a plug from an electrical socket.

But most users dread turning a crank or pulling a spark plug.