Words similar to yank

Example sentences for: yank

How can you use “yank” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

During public events, it is perfectly acceptable for Secret Service agents to approach crowd members and yank their hands out of their pockets to confirm they are not hiding weapons.
Two years later, the men who went home are informed of what happened after they boarded the plane: Police discovered their leftover hashish (purchased for a ridiculously low sum in American dollars and tossed into the garbage as they were leaving) and imprisoned the remaining Yank.
The kids who are in charge of pulling the rope from below yank it too soon.
Arnold will smash his head into the ground, then yank Steve's ponytail till he wails like a baby.
But then he pulls this: trying to yank a museum's funding because he doesn't like a picture that's going to be hung on the wall.