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The footage unveiled was dark and mind-twisting, including a bit where Lowen is seen kissing Jeremy only to pull away and see Verity's bloody face.—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025 But Strong hardly cracked a smile as her team celebrated under the confetti, rolling her eyes and quickly trying to pull away as redshirt senior superstar Paige Bueckers forced her into a bear hug.—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2025 Another reason to like Duke to pull away and cover is the fact that offensively, Arizona is better inside the arc than outside it.—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025 Yugoslavia's six republics began to pull away one by one, beginning with Slovenia in 1991.—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pull away
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