FN: to pull on something hard and suddenly Then he glanced aside , and yelled , ` Watch out ! " as he tugged his axe free . She tugged her housecoat tighter around her body , poured a large mug of sweet tea , and began to climb the stairs . Suddenly , as we were boarding , he tugged me by the sleeve and said quietly : ` You 'd better pull your socks up , or you 'll be playing for your place . " He tugged me by the sleeve and pointed to Santerre 's wife . Pigeons found sheltered ledges , dogs that were normally unconcerned snarled as their owners tugged them on leashes . ` Now if you 'd be kind enough to phone up DS Wootton and order him to charge Hebden " he tugged his face into an edgy smile . He tugged his hair over his left eye , then jerked his head to flip it back : a gesture that revealed his anxiety . Someone was tugging my arm . ` Real hair , " he said , tugging his beard . David tugged a lock of black hair . Doc Threadneedle tugged her sleeve . Lee tugged the wire . She tugged her arm furiously . " I had noticed , and stop tugging my hair so hard , you clumsy wretch . " Keith pulled a face at her and tugged his hair despairingly . He tugged gently at her plait . The old man tugged gently on the line . ` Best be careful then , " and he tugged gently at the vest . Henry tugged gently at the horse 's mane . A silver fish-hook tangled in his curls , dangled by Izzie , and when he woke she was tugging gently on his hair . They looked at him , then at the tracker where he squatted in his sheepskins with his brown hand tugging at his beard . Dexter felt there was something strange about Beasley but could only place it when Lancaster 's friend raised his right hand to tug at his beard : the last two fingers were no more than withered stumps . He went into the cabin and tugged at Dickie 's arm . ` Let's go back , " said Dot , tugging at Gloria 's hand . Spittals tugged at the knees of his trousers and began to rub his palms together again , this time more slowly , as if he were rolling a rod of plasticine between them . All this time his friend has been tugging at my shoulder . Rosa took her place in church beside them and her little brother tugged at her sleeve , and asked , showing gappy teeth like a crone , ` Are you going to join the sisters , Rosa ? " She tugged earnestly on Cleo 's boot . The rain remained a moist guess in the air , though they had to tug on their cloaks against the cold in the wind . He straightened up slowly and tugged cautiously on his end of the rope . She tugged on Penry 's hand as the path levelled out . Martin tugged on the reins for a moment , then turned and looked at his brother , saying , ` It has n't arrived ? " He tugged on Rory 's sleeve and in a low monotone said , ` Dad , I 'm bored , dad ; dad , are we nearly finished yet , dad ? St Margaret tugged firmly on her thread . Midnight tugged with his fettered arm : ` Come , I show you . " Henry got hold of the foot and tugged . He tugged harder , but it was caught fast . While he was blinded , Jane grabbed his beard with both hands and tugged . He was tugging anxiously at one earlobe , and the silence continued to hang between them , though Nunzia slapped and stirred at the range . He rubbed his nose , tugged at an earlobe , shuffled his feet on the carpet . But the ideas and mystique that have always made this an extraordinarily special place rise above the ebbing and flowing concerns of present - day Jerusalem as it continues to tug at the world 's attention into the new millennium .