How to Use yank in a Sentence
- He yanked the door shut.
- She yanked on the dog's leash.
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Those things are not made to be yanked off.
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Christopher Kamrani,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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The move yanked King from her role as chair.
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Tess Riski
may 14,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
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Greg threw open the door and yanked Jake by the arm.
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Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
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It was yanked off the market and plopped back on.
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Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Don't twist or yank the tick to remove it.
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Finch Walker,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Thom yanked on his jeans, gave me one last sharp look and slammed the door.
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Nick Dothée,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Sinner’s serve yanked him out to the left corner of the court.
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Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Soto yanked a ground ball through the right side, for a single.
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Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
2 May 2026
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Thing rebels against his master and yanks out his clockwork heart.
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Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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Her only help came from a passenger who yanked the girls away.
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Caitlin McGlade,
Charlotte Observer,
2 June 2026
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His staff often has to yank him out of his ranch house in Austin to get on the road.
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Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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In that world, there were no mean kids to yank my hair or push me and the other children around.
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Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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No agents of the state will yank you out of a stadium for bopping along to this!
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Alexandra Petri,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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During the scuffle, the victim’s gold chain was yanked from his neck.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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Police said Sapp yanked his arms from behind his body to the front and took off.
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Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Most agents were yanked from Minnesota.
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David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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Each would step up on the box, say a word or two, and then get yanked off by the police and carried to jail.
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Amelia Soth,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Apr. 2026
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Kimmel is the latest late-night host to be yanked from a major network.
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Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
17 Sep. 2025
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Eventually, she is yanked from the car while still tangled in her seat belt.
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Ruby Cramer,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
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On the cover, the singer is on all fours beside a faceless man who is yanking her hair.
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Paula Mejía,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
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On Friday, he was yanked after only one snap.
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Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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Discouraged home sellers are yanking the for-sale signs out of their front yards.
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Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Jan. 2026
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In fact, Labyrinth was yanked from some theaters less than a month after its release.
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Logan Karlie
september 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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The defensive player of the game was the only person to yank a flag all day.
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Greg Cote
february 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2026
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Meta yanked these policies after Reuters exposed them.
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Mark R. Weaver,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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Leaphorn yanks the jug his way (despite being cuffed) and is able to put the filter packet down his pants.
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Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Apr. 2026
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Judy yanks Mikey’s roller trunk out of the mud and leads him toward one of the nearby hiking trails.
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Michael Nied,
PEOPLE,
26 Nov. 2025
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Rice yanked one just foul, prolonging the at-bat until the homer came on the 10th pitch.
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Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Sweed gave him a little yank, not even hard, on the jersey.
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Zach Helfand,
latimes.com,
2017-09-13
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His method is to push down the barb below the flesh, loop the shoestring around the hook and yank fast.
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John Goodspeed,
San Antonio Express-News,
2021-06-24
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Helping two other men who needed a third helper, an extra yank.
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Lisa Respers France,
CNN,
2019-08-30
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Amazon is the focus of a push to curb ‘rank-and-yank’ worker ratings.
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Laura Blasey,
Los Angeles Times,
2022-01-11
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The pony-tail yank was captured by the jail’s security cameras.
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Gwen Filosa,
miamiherald,
2017-06-01
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Made from surgical grade stainless steel, the swooping design will not pull, tug, or yank at your lashes.
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Chris Hachey,
BGR,
2021-06-09
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Her folding Ollie chair flattens with the yank of a cord, and a satisfying clack!
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Jane Margolies,
New York Times,
2020-03-12
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On the single gravel turn used at the Phoenix test track, a quick yank on the handbrake is all that’s needed to make the car turn-in.
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Josh Jacquot,
Car and Driver,
2017-10-20
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Without a word, the woman stood up and, giving a little yank at the seat of her bikini, strode off without a backward glance.
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Haruki Murakami,
The New Yorker,
2020-08-13
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Happy to help, Marsh popped over, entered the combination and gave it a good yank — success.
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Jonathan Edwards,
Washington Post,
2023-05-04
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The string yank method usually works best on hooks that are embedded past the barb at a downward angle, but not so deep that the hook point is turned upward.
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Matt Williams,
Dallas News,
2022-06-04
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But the company largely resisted the Internet, quick to police its copyrights and yank unauthorized versions of show footage from the web.
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Brian McCollum,
Detroit Free Press,
2020-06-12
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Detailing is excellent for the price and includes a waterproof abdomen pocket with cable port for earphones and a locking slider for unzipping with just a quick yank on the lapel.
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Outside Online,
2014-08-15
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Payakan gives the cable one final, powerful yank, launching Scoresby in one direction and his disembodied arm in another.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Vulture,
2022-12-20
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The son figured out that by stretching PTFE with a sudden yank, the polymer expanded by 1,000 percent.
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The Salt Lake Tribune,
2020-09-19
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As Fillies President Barb Wainwright gave the carnival-style wheel a vigorous yank, the five princesses crossed their fingers until the wheel slowed its rotations and came to a stop.
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Kirby Adams,
The Courier-Journal,
2023-04-16
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