Pulled
Both words in one sentence
- It means to provoke or challenge someone with an insulting remarks, but Porter uses it to mean stretched or pulled tightly (Taut).
Source: Literature / The Descendants -
In order to find out John Alden's secret through necromancy, William Hooke's face is pulled off his dead body and stretched over a frame.
Source: Series / Salem -
Rubber Man: Baman can be stretched, squished, and pulled through himself.
Source: Web Animation / Baman Piderman
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Stretched and Pulled. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pulled/stretched
Pulled & Stretched. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pulled/stretched>.
Stretched or Pulled. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pulled/stretched.
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