Ivana Trump

When I was doing poorly at school, my father yanked me out and got me a job in a shoe factory. After three weeks, I begged him to give me another chance at doing well in school. I learned that discipline is necessary to accomplish anything in life.

Czechoslovakian Celebrity

Chris Sullivan

We can never underestimate the emotionality of 'This Is Us.' Just when you think you don't have another tear to cry, we will find a way. We will find all of your tears. We will dig down deep, and we will yank them out, whether you like it or not.

American Actor

Cuba Gooding, Jr.

I understand it all. I can write my own ticket for one or two movies. But if they're not the right ones, my ticket gets yanked. I understand that's how it works, and I'm okay with it.

Beverly Sills

My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once in a while to see if it can still do what it used to do. It can't.

American Musician

Jonathan Zittrain

The problem is, we're moving to software-as-service, which can be yanked or transformed at any moment. The ability of your PC to run independent code is an important safety valve.

American Educator

Jaan Tallinn

Once we have something that is no longer under control, once technological development is yanked out of our hands, it doesn't have to continue to be beneficial to humans.

Estonian Businessman

Andre Iguodala

One move nobody knows about, when I catch the ball on the wing and I'm driving, I'm looking at the defender's legs, and I'm yanking their legs back as I run by.

American Athlete

Tommy Morrison

The rug was yanked out from under my feet by a misdiagnosis. All I want to do is fight.

Jim Norton

I'm afraid if I start to enjoy life, the rug will be yanked out from beneath me.

American Comedian

Kevin Knox

A lot of coaches might yank you after the first couple shots don't go in.

Used when describing a strong physical action, often done in haste or without care.

Physical Action

Adds intensity to the action, conveying more force than just 'pulling'.

Strong Emphasis

Implies a sudden or quick movement, rather than a slow, steady pull.

Sudden Movement

As a noun, emphasizes the power behind a pulling action.

Descriptor of Power

Highlights the abrupt nature of the pulling motion.

Abruptness

Can indicate that significant effort was needed for the pulling action.

Expression of Effort

Informal term for Americans, more common in the UK than the US.

Cultural Nickname

Mix of affection and teasing, not necessarily derogatory, depending on tone.

Not Always Sorry

Can describe Americans of any age or background when in the UK.

Variety of Contexts

 yanked back and forth along this whole story you know the universe is static no now we need spark energy no that was a big blunder no now we think it exists after all but that's sometimes the way science goes so we now think the universe is actually dominated by this dark energy component the energy of empty space which causes this repulsive

Mapping the Unknown,...

 and it takes a certain amount of curiosity about learning more about the human experience -- what I'm seeing people do is people are spinning away from that isolation because they're so terrified of it. What happened with the world right now is that basically all of our pacifiers were yanked out of our mouths.

It's OK to feel...

 sitting in a cafe, and you look around, and everyone's on their phone. You're not texting or checking Facebook, but everyone else is, and maybe, like me, you've been in a situation where you've made eye contact, smiled and said hello, and have that person yank out their earbuds

How cohousing can make...

 - I haven't known the guy for five minutes, and he's already handing me this big old mean concrete saw. I've done a lot of construction in my life when I was younger, but nothing like this. This is like an old weeder? I can just easy pull? - I'd give it a good yank.

What is Selective...

 Then again, what I watched that afternoon was a baby yanking on an electric cord, so you know, good or bad, hard to say. I started seeing that when I released my grip about what made a life good or bad, I could watch my daughter's life unfold and see what it was.

"Good" and "bad" are...

 yeah that looks like pyro look at this bro definitely weird to be fishing this close to shore there's no doubt about it but as you can see there's a guy yanking on one right next to us and we're seeing plenty of bird life with only one fish to our name this

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 they should have the potential for evolution; they should be developed by every nation in the world and useful for every nation in the world. What will it take? There should be a sheet. I don't have time to read this, because I'm going to be yanked off.

Cameron Sinclair: A call...

 so your brain appeals to other muscles for help. You plant your feet, tighten your belly, and tense your back, generating enough force to yank it open. Your nervous system has just leveraged the resources you already have, other muscles,

What makes muscles grow?...

 Voting helps us generate the very power that we wish we had. It's no accident that democracy and theater emerged around the same time in ancient Athens. Both of them yank the individual out of the enclosure of her private self.

There's no such thing as...

 not yank your hand away you should think forward okay the teeth of an anaconda curved backwards to hold its prey once it bites into it that's why the scientist has to force his hand deeper into the mouth of the anaconda to

Yank

To pull something quickly and strongly.

Often appears as...

A quick, hard pull.

Often appears as...

An American.

Often appears as...

Usage tips

Physical Action

Strong Emphasis

Sudden Movement

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