tugging

"Okay," he said, a slight grin tugging at the side of his mouth.

Anhedonia (excerpt) Laura Preble 2010

He could feel his skin tugging at his bones, painfully tight every morning.

The Pig’s End « A Fly in Amber 2009

But she suddenly strained, stretching in two directions — toward the man with the bag full of cash, and toward the aching call tugging at her mind.

Hunter,Healer[SequeltoTheSociety] Saintcrow, Lilith 2005

When she had tried to sleep, squeezing her eyes tightly shut, she recalled the tugging motions his mouth had made on her nipples.

Texas! Lucky Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1990

When she had tried to sleep, squeezing her eyes tightly shut, she recalled the tugging motions his mouth had made on her nipples.

Texas! Lucky Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1990

Now once more I stood clad in the arms of a free man and how good it was to feel again the well known and loved weight of mail, and helm, and sword tugging at me I cannot say.

A Thane of Wessex 1884

"I would be very happy to swear allegiance to democracy, human rights and to my constituents, but I am not very happy about the idea of tugging my forelock to an unelected monarch."

Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2009

'' It's the same thing that was kind of tugging at us the whole year, '' Johnson said.

USATODAY.com - Football - Houston vs. N.Y. Giants 2006

If he wants to do any kind of tugging, he has to basically brace with his feet because that's where the pull is going to come from.

CNN Transcript Aug 3, 2005 2005

When he tried, he felt a kind of tugging, like he was tied to the boy in the chair with a tight rope around his gut.

Omnibus Lackey, Mercedes 1993