At last a faint change in the susurrations and creaks of the ship around him, a brief tug of shifting grav fields, made him realize the Ariel was breaking free of Escobar orbit.

The hidden bicycle thief and I engaged in a brief tug of war, which I handily won, suggesting that I was pitted against one or two rhesus monkeys and not against the much larger troop leader.

He curls his fingers into his hair and gives a brief hard tug, as if to assure himself that all this is really happening.

Now, he gave a brief tug at the ties of Readis' vest, grinned a reassurance and then payed out the sea anchor.

Then they had a brief but frenzied tug of war with the rope before they got round the pastern.

Sometimes her ship moved in unexpected directions, betraying the touch of a small mass close enough to give her a faint, brief tug.

Emun gave a brief tug at the hem of his tunic, and straightened his thin shoulders.

As the lions try to drag the buffalo out of the water, it is grabbed by a crocodile, who fights for it in a brief tug of war before giving up and leaving it to the lions.

Used a brief subtle tug to break the fiber-on-fiber bond between money and pocket.

She made a lunge and got a grip on her racquet; after a brief tug of war it came free.