How to use yank in a sentence

Examples of yank by meaning

More sentences with yank

• You have to yank pretty hard on the handle to get this hood to pop.From the entry pop
• Robert yanked Connie's leg vigorously, causing her to flounder and eventually fall.From the entry flounder
• A Corpsman was yanking my pants down in order to administer a “silver bullet” (rectal thermometer).2017, Jason Delgado, Chris Martin, Bounty Hunter 4/3: From the Bronx to Marine Scout Sniper, page 109. From the entry silver bullet
• The pixane collar tightened again, and I yanked at it, needing more air than it would allow.2013, Mysti Parker, Hearts in Exile, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 87. From the entry pixane
• I play with the zipper on my jacket, yanking it up and down.2012, Sarah Ockler, Bittersweet, page 40. From the entry voop
• “For the same reason you were yanking my chain about the double ropes,” I said.2008, Tom Morrisey, In High Places, →ISBN, page 198. From the entry yank someone's chain
• I leaned over her shoulder to see two cybergirls yanking out each other's hair.2006, Gail Giles, Playing in Traffic. From the entry onscreen
• If it looks like someone is yanking your chain, he or she probably is.2006, James A. McKenna, Beyond Bluffs: Master the Mysteries of Poker, →ISBN, page 198. From the entry yank someone's chain
• She yanked the paper from her motherʼs hands, bringing it very close to her myopic eyes.2005, Zadie Smith, On Beauty, Penguin Books (2006), page 13. From the entry myopic
• Just don't try yanking my crank and telling me they're great, because I know better.2004 July 25, Randall Ainsworth, “Sigma SD 10 Newbie Help”, in rec.photo.misc (Usenet), retrieved 24 Mar 2025. From the entry yank someone's crank
• He was immediately yanked from the game and given an early shower.2003, William McNeil, The Single-Season Home Run Kings, page 51. From the entry early shower
• I stood up and the suddenness of my movement yanked the telephone jack out of its socket.2002, Kamila Shamsie, Kartography, Bloomsbury (2003), pages 336-337. From the entry telephone jack
• As Molly caught up with him she grabbed the lamprey and yanked.1996, Lewis Nordan, Sugar Among the Freaks, page 47. From the entry swack
• They always like to do one better than `the yanks' as they call us.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer. From the entry hang five
• "I'll tell J., but we can hardly yank the girl out as well.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry fire and brimstone
• “Look,” said he, “I am going to yank out de larges’.”1911, S. J. Kennerly, chapter 14, in The Story of Sam Tag, New York: The Cosmopolitan Press, page 149. From the entry grabble
• He swims forward, grabs a gunwale, and yanks down hard.2022, David Wright Faladé, Black Cloud Rising, New York, N.Y.: Atlantic Monthly Press, →ISBN, page 4. From the entry splashless
• Yanking the door down and securing the latch, she kicked away the ramp as she climbed into the front cab.2021, Maria Lewis, The Rose Daughter. From the entry fang it
• It ticked on for a few seconds as Nicolette yanked her cupcake-covered T-shirt off and tossed it onto her bathroom floor.2018, Mandy M. Roth, Act of Brotherhood (Paranormal Security®= and Intelligence® (Psi-Ops®) an Immortal Ops® World Novel), Raven Happy…. From the entry cupcake
• As he yanked me back by my pantleg, I flipped over and delivered an upkick to the bottom of his chin.2018, E.H. Reinhard, Variant - The Lieutenant Harrington Series, Book 4. From the entry upkick
• You are looking snatched in that dress.” Norman pretended as though he had yanked something up out of thin air.2017, Shereé Whitfield, Wives, Fiancées, and Side-Chicks of Hotlanta, →ISBN, page 46. From the entry snatched
• It’s something more desperate, the way he’s clutching and yanking and pawing at him—our guy is ragdolling his antagonist.2015, Kent Russell, I Am Sorry to Think I Have Raised a Timid Son, Corsair, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN. From the entry ragdoll
• She died a victim, yanked around by other characters.2014 June 1, Dave Van Domelen, “Dave’s Capsules for May 2014”, in alt.toys.transformers (Usenet). From the entry fridge
• Coastie yanked her eye away from the night scope when those big lights were caught by it and amplified in intensity.2014, Sgt. Jack Coughlin, Donald A. Davis, On Scope: A Sniper Novel, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN. From the entry scope
• Yanking open the door to the bathroom, I was greeted with a stink foul enough to curl my hair.2008, Jackie Kessler, Hell's Belles, →ISBN, page 317. From the entry curl someone's hair
• The whole time we walked to the beach, Dorothy kept yanking at the flappy little skirt covering her bottom.2008, Anne Spollen, The Shape of Water. From the entry flappy
• Yanking the cloth aside, she stepped into the box and tapped on one of the walls to demonstrate.2008, Lisa Papademetriou, Accidentally Fabulous (Candy Apple Books), New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, pages 172–173. From the entry easy peasy mac and cheesy
• The reserve canopy snapped open, seemed to yank him skyward.2007 September 5, David S. Michaels, Daniel Brenton, “March 25, 1969: Over the Gobi Desert, Outer Mongolia”, in Red Moon, Barrington…. From the entry flumpf
• Now, let’s get the rest of ’em.” He repeated this gesture over and over, yanking his right hand back savagely.2006, Andrea D’Allasandra, House of the Screaming Clowns, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 105. From the entry toothie
• I immediately spat my mouthpiece out and unbuckled my chinstrap, yanking my helmet off of my head in a determined flash.2005, Joe Peacock, Mentally Incontinent. From the entry chinstrap
• All a guy has to do is yank on a T-shirt or a sweatshirt or something and he's done.2004 November, Karen Templeton, chapter 5, in Hanging by a Thread, Don Mills, Ont.: Red Dress Ink, →ISBN, page 81. From the entry ooch
• While we marionettes dance, who is yanking our strings?2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 8. From the entry puppet master
• Yanks suck big time even their money wont help them this year screw george and his fedoraless pinstripe boys!!!!!!!!2000 March 18, moj...@webtv.net, alt.sports.baseball.ny-yankees (Usenet). From the entry fedoraless
• The best recent VC discs start from the relentlessness of gabber and digital hardcore, and yank it in a weirder direction.1999, SPIN, volume 15, number 3, page 145. From the entry weird
• Yank, and before he knew it, his head was bleeding profusely and a strong hand was grasping his throat.1914, Jeff C. Davis Riddle, The Indian history of the Modoc war, and the causes that led to it. From the entry unmanly

Meaning of yank

1. noun A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
2. noun An act of masturbation.
3. noun The rate of change in force with respect to time.

Full definition of yank

More about yank

• Meaning of yank
• Synonyms of yank
• Plural of yank
• Yank in Hindi
• Yank in Tamil
• Yank in Marathi
• Yank in Urdu

Questions about yank in a sentence

How do you use yank in a sentence?

Yank is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He unjammed the rope with a short yank.”

What is a short sentence with yank?

“The cops yanked my driver's license.”

What does yank mean?

Yank means a sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).