Sentence examples for pulling the chain from inspiring English sources
One monkey stopped pulling the chain for 12 days after witnessing another monkey receive a shock.
One monkey avoided pulling the chain for 12 days (until virtually starving) to avoid hurting a companion.
He used to love coming down the three steps into the living room late at night, pulling the chain on an old green banker's lamp (a prop remnant from the 1983 film adaptation of his novel, Something Wicked This Way Comes).
A valid configuration is maintained by pulling the chain along the same direction (not necessarily until the end of the chain is reached - a valid conformation can potentially be obtained sooner).
Test by pulling the chain to turn the light on.
An official slowly pulls the chain taut.
The Gawker has pulled the chain on its own legend.
The visitors "all pull the chain," Luz Zasso, the mayoress, notes acidly.
It seems madness to pull the chain on something so clearly, cohesively brilliant".
Pull the chain and a torrent of ice water rushes over you.
The last line of "My Hero Bares His Nerves" quickly became notorious: "He pulls the chain, the cistern moves".
