What is "pull away"

Usage examples of "pull away".

She kept from responding to him, but didn't try to pull away, either.

A few times, Sinsemilla whimpered or groaned, although she never woke or attempted to pull away from Leilani.

When about two hundred feet below, all the explorer had to do was to let go one end and pull away at the other, when the cord would come falling at his feet.

When we came to a hill, instead of slackening her pace, she would throw her weight right into the collar, and pull away straight up.

When she started to get restless, the way she always did, and began to pull away, I didn’.

The third Shadow was trying to pull away from the sizzling wreckage of the second, and as Hernandez raced down the street, the first Shadow leapt in pursuit.

The bright knob tarnished visibly, and the tiles began to pull away from the rafters.

She tugged on his hand, trying to pull away, but his fingers only tightened.

Cautiously I, too, reach out in greeting, but the princely cat recedes still further into darker shadows, hissing as I pull away.

And it was heightened by his frustrating helplessness, by his inability to either pull away or strike back.

Though Felicity had no desire for her maiden sister to witness their intimate dancing, she was powerless to pull away from him.

They still aren't going to have the least idea you're coming, and if they turn out to have ships of the wall on station, you've sure as hell got the acceleration to pull away from them!

As we pull away, I begin to see the depth of the plain of Sorrento, with its villages, walled roads, its groves of oranges, olives, lemons, its figs, pomegranates, almonds, mulberries, and acacias.