"We're not torturing people, pulling nails or breaking arms," he said.

Often, the strip will pull free, nails and all.

Every so often, we would go by his place and see a couple of little boys out by his barn, enthusiastically pulling nails.

He scratches at the spots on his arm, pulling soiled nails hard across the red blemishes.

Due to the family's lack of money, Ben worked at a dry goods store, pulling nails for 15 cents an hour.

For pulling large nails embedded in tough lumber, use a prybar instead of a hammer's claw.

The claw hammer is the traditional tool because it can be used to pull nails as well as drive them.

I knew I ought to take my eyes off the Chairman, but it was like pulling nails from the wall.

I remember watching Art pull nails out of old planks, and then pounding them straight, so that they could be reused.

Pulling nails from his shirt pocket, he began fastening the shoe to the hoof.