When I first submerged my feet into frigid water, they hurt so badly I yanked them out again. I persisted, dunking them for longer and longer periods, until the cold finally blistered.
Quotes about yanked (16 Quotes)
She yanked my plate away and took it to the sink. She rinsed some bones that looked like pork shoulder, which was weird since we'd had chicken tonight.
He'd felt like a jack-o-lantern for the past few days, as if his guts had been yanked out with a fork and dumped in a heap while a grinning smile stayed plastered on his face.
It didn't affect me, though. I yanked him out of the water, got him back on the boat and went right on fishing.
What can I say ... Every kid dreams of being in that situation and I was in it. I just tried to take advantage of it. He had one hand on it, then I just kind of yanked it out of his hand and that was pretty much it. I wanted it more than him on that particular play.
Competition and cost-cutting among retailers have yanked the traditional supply chain completely apart.
The psychological effects are immense. Children understand sameness. And for reasons out of everybody's control, you've yanked that away. You've devastated their world.
They've bought homes, they're raising families, they have kids in college and they're pretty well stable within the state. Then all of the sudden - even though they know they have a commitment - they're yanked up and sent someplace. That's kind of tough.
He leaned out over the plate and yanked it over first base. It's an OK pitch selection, an OK pitch location, and I had no reservations about throwing it. I pitched to the scouting report and pitched to my strength. But what beat us was the walk, not the hit.
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.
If we put a product into Sears, we don't want to have to pull it out in a year, or two years, or three years. We don't want to do that only to have it yanked away.
What to do? We yanked the dress up over her lovely attributes and with the addition of a scarf, the problem was solved. Sorry, guys, blame that stuffy censor. He hated surprises.
We went to the moon at the very earliest moment when it was possible. In fact, now that it's over it seems like a fairy tale. It's almost like (President) Kennedy yanked a decade out of the 21st century and spliced it into the '60s.
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.
There was always plenty to do in the garden, weeds to be yanked up between the flower beds, holes to be dug for tulip bulbs. Williams blended rich compost into the soil, turning it over or prepared to plant the sapling bought back from a weekend trip to James Laughlin's country place in Norfork, Connecticut, or Flossie's parent's farm near Harriman, New York. Rooting around in the dark earth was great exercise. Williams carefully removed his white shirt and tie, and when he had worked long enough so that sweat began to show through his undershirt, it never failed, his mind was wonderfully cleared. He washed up, had a bite to eat, and was ready for the next visitor.
And in the interests of full disclosure, that NARAL ad did run here on CNN. But since NARAL yanked it, it's not running on this network, obviously, anymore. We are running the Progress for America ad defending John Roberts against such attacks. We should also note that NARAL had told us and other news organizations that its ad was running on Fox News Channel and we reported that, but a Fox spokesman tells us that NARAL never approached Fox to buy any airtime.