Dragging
Dragging adjective - Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed.
Usage example: a mysterious, cloaked figure with a strange, dragging walk
Nearby Word: dragged
Running
Running adjective - Being in effective operation.
Both words in one sentence
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Some examples: Linsday, after freeing herself, dragging Jenny out of the house at a snail's pace instead of running to get help.
Source: Film / The Human Centipede -
A sketch on a 1980 episode of Not the Nine O'Clock News featured men running around abducting children, dragging them away against their will and loading them into the back of a truck.
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This logic ultimately backfires when Onizuka states that Kunio is simply running away from his problems while dragging along his mother.
Source: Manga / Great Teacher Onizuka
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