How to Use pulley in a Sentence

pulley

noun
  • Grasp the pulley with your right hand.
    — Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026
  • Blow all the grass debris off the deck and around the belt and pulleys.
    — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Move the pulley to shoulder height.
    — Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026
  • Run the 10-foot piece of rope through the block (wheel) of the pulley.
    — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Stand with your back toward the pulley and chest facing away.
    — Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026
  • Sailors hacked at debris with an ax, crowbars and a pulley to free the two men.
    — T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2019
  • On the rear hub, six pulley wheels are pulled into their smallest size by the springs.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2023
  • These might include levers, wheels and axles, pulleys, or inclined planes.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 9 May 2024
  • Join rope ends in a sheet bend between the flag clips to stop the rope knot from snagging in the pulley.
    — Harry Sawyers, Popular Mechanics, 28 May 2010
  • Place food in a tray, and the coatimundi will pull it up with a rope and pulley.
    — Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • Every crankshaft has a pulley, which is held on by a bolt on the front of the engine.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2019
  • To keep the floor clear, install a pulley system to hang bikes from ceiling joints.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022
  • One of the team members sketched plans for their pulley-like contraption in black ink.
    — Arkansas Online, 15 July 2021
  • It was set up with a pulley system and a trip wire that would fire the crossbow when a deer’s leg tripped it.
    — David Zeug, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Grab a Swiss Ball and place it in front of one side of the pulley machine.
    — Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026
  • There were hydraulics, there were pulleys, there were people pushing and pulling the walls.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 5 July 2024
  • Researchers think the site’s stones were shaped by hand tools and erected with winch and pulley systems.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The crown block has a pulley system and is located at the top of the derrick.
    — Dallas News, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The top pulley of its 122-foot flagpole had come out of its socket.
    — Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Chip had built a pulley system, so the couple could raise and lower the staircase.
    — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
  • For a middler, a shirt with its own pulley system is the wardrobe in the drama of celebrity.
    — Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 10 Aug. 2017
  • Aldrin climbs into the LM and hauls up both rock boxes with a small pulley.
    — James R. Berry, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2019
  • Rodriguez, the ace of the staff, has a ruptured pulley in his left index finger.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2023
  • Along the walls were wooden exercise bars to which were attached rows of pulley weights.
    — Fay Vincent, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2019
  • Stand with your back to a machine with a pulley (like a lat pulldown or mixed cable machine).
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Two boys scaled a 30-foot rock wall as a pulley system ensured a safe ascent.
    — Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Oct. 2021
  • But then, the troops began to spot telltale signs, like pulley systems next to buildings.
    — Justin Scheck, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Phil Elkins followed it through the brush and discovered a pulley.
    — Cheri Mossburg, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
  • With the halo, Justin would have to stay attached to the weight-pulley system for hours.
    — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2022
  • This year’s finds include a gold ring, gold earrings, a piece of cookware and wooden pulleys.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 22 Oct. 2019

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