How to Use push-pull in a Sentence

push-pull

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• Boyd and Tian-Chen push-pull the last cow to the barn, slam shut the door and Boyd slaps a talisman down to protect them.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
• Gene had this push-pull relationship with Leo all his life, but Leo always seemed to take Gene back.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 May 2023
• This will be the central push-pull of the season for the Bulls, who have already missed the playoffs for two consecutive seasons.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Sep. 2024
• The push-pull tension between the teen and her mother (Maria Dizzia) is equally organic.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
• With such sharp writing and strong performances, there’s no need to belabor the push-pull between home life and career.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2023
• Add this one to the ongoing push-pull between streaming and theatrical.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
• The tension in Montana reflects a nationwide push-pull.
  — Katheryn Houghton, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2023
• This plastic tree stand is made to support trees up to 8 feet tall and features a push-pull lock system that allows for easy assembly.
  — Casey Clark, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2023
• Collectively, the two singers embrace a push-pull tension of balancing work, life and love.
  — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 20 Sep. 2024
• Your dreams might be a powerful resource for this, as the push-pull of a relationship that drags on your subconscious will then be closer to the surface.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
• Your efforts can easily be caught in the push-pull of conflicting strategies and result in little to no actual progress.
  — Jody L. Bickel, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
• Helgerson has several tricks to deal with the push-pull of respecting the layout while creating the openness that people crave.
  — Michelle Brunner, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
• The push-pull between safety and survival is the movie’s most fascinating element.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
• Any push-pull between parks and housing over available land would be only the prelude to what’s sure to be a bigger fight in the coming months as 2024 bond allocations begin.
  — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 26 May 2023
• This often results in a push-pull dynamic, where the energy of one planet disrupts the stability of the other.
  — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024
• The superb soundtrack deepens that push-pull, in the sibilant whoosh of ocean waves, the gentle percussion of rain against a city window, the incessant murmur of an airport terminal.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2023
• The innovative push-pull handle design assures safety and has a locking mechanism that prevents the blade from sliding while in use.
  — Christina Shepherd McGuire, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2024
• Hospitals are fraught spaces and their halls are respites from the push-pull between caregivers and their charges, between the realities of diagnoses and the hopes of treatment, between salvation and death.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2023
• The push-pull dynamic between Holland and Amanda Seyfried’s investigator reveals the story by twists and turns.
  — James Grebey, Vulture, 9 June 2023
• Fields adjacent to push-pull areas also saw decreases in insects.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2023
• Throughout the series, Raylan tries his best to leave his old Kentucky home and start a new life somewhere else, but Harlan’s violence keeps pulling him back, and this is one of the earliest and best examples of that emotional push-pull.
  — Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 12 July 2023
• The researchers say the push-pull system is longer-lasting than pesticides, because insects can develop resistance to the chemicals.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2023
• And while the push-pull tension between the allure of complete social breakdown and the remorse over unleashing the collective id is what Folie à Deux really seems to want to dig into, the film never balances the two in a way that hits its targets.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
• The push-pull rhythm is repeated throughout, in composer Christopher Benstead’s score, which alternates between tribal drumming and slow, sad strings.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• This is the push-pull that ultimately will define LaVine’s relationship with the franchise — especially as the Bulls front office grapples with the decision between trying to make the playoffs and keeping its 2025 first-round draft pick.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
• Moore and Portman inject the movie with wattage, dramatic heft, and a push-pull dynamic associated with immovable objects and irresistible forces.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2023
• The pressure continues as the sun in Libra squares Mars in your 12th house of all things behind the scenes on Oct. 14, creating a push-pull dynamic between your desire to communicate freely versus your need for emotional privacy.
  — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
• Tensions continue to rise on Dec. 12 as Venus opposes Mars, creating friction between your values and your pursuits — expect push-pull dynamics in love.
  — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
• Consider refining your priorities rather than leading with a fight or push-pull dynamic.
  — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
• With every book, Kushner has grown more interested in the push-pull between material restriction and psychic freedom.
  — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2024