Sentence examples for pulled up slightly from inspiring English sources

Brown returned the interception 22 yards, but an instant before he was tackled, he pulled up slightly.

At this moment, two up-terrace atoms are pulled up slightly and in contact with the dopant atom (see Figure 4b).

A simple head turn, for example, requires the operation of four strings: two shoulder strings are pulled up slightly to take the weight of the puppet body off the head and free it to drop forward; then two head strings are altered in length by tilting the main control, which pulls one ear or the other upwards and causes the puppet's face to turn in that direction.

Try one of these: Sleep on your side, with your knees pulled up slightly toward your chest.

When the N.F.L. announced that it would heavily fine, and perhaps suspend, players for such hits, Dungy predicted big plays and more yards after the catch would follow because defenders would pull up slightly to avoid drawing a penalty.

Continue to turn the cable clockwise, and then pull up slightly to see if you've captured any of the clogged matter.

The shirt is pulled up, the mouth slightly open, the hair disheveled.

A semi-truck was thrown a considerable distance and destroyed in this area, and at one residence that was swept away, part of the concrete foundation slab was pulled up and dislodged slightly.

Now she allowed me to draw her as she posed naked, with her small breasts fruited out and her belly gloriously ripened, as she lay back on some pillows with her hands behind her head and turned on one hip with her legs slightly pulled up but pressed together for modesty, like Goya's "Maja".

I am deliberately leaving out details about where and when....but I will never forget the day I pulled up in the yard, slightly overgrown with weeds, out in the country to meet..... let's just call him Mr. Jim.

I admit, it's not really the best use of police time in Brixton, but they slung my bike in the police van and delivered me and my bike to the door, just as my then-partner pulled up in a cab, looking slightly concerned.