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vb. (en-pastdrag on)
Usage examples of "dragged on".
We slept on board Vehiatua's vessel that night, and next morning -- since the passage around the southeast extremity of Taiarapu was judged dangerous, owing to the violent currents and sunken reefs extending far out to sea --our vessel was dragged on rollers across the isthmus, a distance of about a mile and a half, by a great company of people from the near-by district of Vairao, summoned for the purpose.
He pushed himself to his feet as though the atmosphere physically dragged on him.
He dragged on it heavily, then staggered to the leather sofa and collapsed.
His was to be the first of several speeches that dragged on for the next three hours.
Sweating like beasts of burden, digging their heels into the slick deck boards, Moichi and the slim Bujun dragged on the recalcitrant tiller.
His head dragged on the ramp, getting smeared with greatfruit refuse, but his long, low body moved.
He forced himself to maintain a steady pace, as the minutes dragged on.