Then he gave it an extra tug to make sure it was clamped shut.

Joey even gave the lock an extra tug.

Aligning an extra tug in the pattern had taken more time than anticipated.

He stepped in beside one of the granite column bases of the First National Trust, to give an extra tug to his still lagging courage.

He grunted and gave it an extra tug, sending spikes of pain into my already cramping muscles.

He gave an extra hard tug.

That added an extra tug of poignancy: the burden of mature wisdom arriving ahead of its time.

The environmental spin on fashion has now moved into the mass market, where "clothes with conscience" make an extra tug at the buyer's self-image.

She gave a little extra tug on the filament, tied the sutures off, and snipped the excess.

And this belt," she added with an extra fond tug at the buckle, "from Harvey Nicholls in London.