How to Use drag into in a Sentence

drag into

phrasal verb
Definition of drag intonext
  • But as the war drags into its third year, donor fatigue has set in.
    — Justin Ling, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
  • From there, he was reportedly dragged into the back of a car and left for dead not far from the scene.
    — Michael Lee, Fox News, 25 July 2023
  • At one point during the contest he was dragged into court to face fraud charges.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024
  • Mitchell is thrown to the ground by the guard and guest before being dragged into the hotel entrance.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2024
  • The cases are still in the discovery stage and scheduled to drag into 2025.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 July 2024
  • Then, in 2022, Ukrainians learned the hard way that you can be dragged into a fight without asking for one.
    — Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2024
  • And even more mystifying is the way the blameless are dragged into the vortex.
    — Teju Cole, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • At the end of his sophomore year, he was dragged into a fight that little would change everything for him.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
  • And now his parents are getting dragged into the drama.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Lublin alleged that she was dragged into a bedroom and assaulted, the suit said.
    — Doha Madani, NBC News, 15 June 2023
  • This will also affect Oscar season should the strike drag into the fall.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 17 July 2023
  • Detectives told Harris that one of the men arrested had kicked her son in the head before he was dragged into the lake.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
  • Now that his brother is being dragged into this, there’s this feeling of being on edge.
    — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 July 2024
  • The man went missing with his son when their car was dragged into the Alberche River after an avalanche caused by a sudden spate.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Habib accused Israel of attempting to drag Lebanon into a war that no one in the country wants to be dragged into.
    — NBC News, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Do your best to dodge being dragged into someone’s drama.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 9 June 2024
  • Read and her lawyers claimed that O'Keefe got into a fight at the party, was severely beaten, attacked by the owner's dog, then dragged into the yard.
    — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024
  • Transgressions large and small were dragged into the open and held up to exacting scrutiny.
    — Andy Kifer, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2023
  • The experience of a new boy who’s dragged into this other world is clearly all about survival.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2023
  • Alternately, stars that form in a satellite galaxy can be dragged into the main galaxy.
    — Georgina Torbet, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024
  • But aid packages have been diminishing in size as the war drags into its second winter.
    — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Smash burgers are having a moment right now, having been dragged into the spotlight by the riptides of social media.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Ukraine, through his efforts, has managed to set the stage for talks, gathered a large group of allies around it, and avoided getting dragged into a peace process that Russia controls.
    — Simon Shuster/bürgenstock, TIME, 25 June 2024
  • Officials are open to doing business with anyone as long as they aren’t dragged into quarrels.
    — Drew Bernstein, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • With a security guard hospitalized, their children dragged into the fray, and rap fans foaming at the mouth, the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef has perhaps gotten a bit out of hand.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 9 May 2024
  • One of the suspects pulled out a gun and a struggle ensued, during which the woman was dragged into the parking lot area and several shots were fired, but nobody was hit, police said.
    — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 3 July 2024
  • Israelis have seen their soldiers grabbed and dragged into tunnels, so the likely strategy will be to attempt to destroy them from a distance.
    — Ilan Ben Zion, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Neither wants to have a legal obligation to fight for the other and be dragged into an unnecessary conflict.
    — Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2024
  • In Orion, gas clouds have collapsed and planets have formed, and some, perhaps, have even been dragged into the abyss by passing stars, all during the time in which modern humans were evolving on Earth.
    — Charlie Wood, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Foreman said the bill simply could not be created before Cross hammered out the complex agreement with Stronach, a process that dragged into March even though the track owner was on board with the vision.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024

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