: How do you describe the sound of someone being dragged across the floor? So I'm writing this story and got stuck on the part where two of my main characters arrived at this house and they

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So I'm writing this story and got stuck on the part where two of my main characters arrived at this house and they hear dragging but the problem is I don't know how to describe the dragging without telling.

To anyone who has ever been dragged across the floor or heard dragging before, is it alright if I ask how it felt or the sounds produced from it?

I just need an idea to practice more showing and not telling. If you know a site that does this, I'll be. Very greatful.

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@Cugini967

Flesh scraping across wood, shoes scuffing the floorboards in a last, feeble protest.

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@Annie587

How about, "the sound of something heavy -- perhaps a person -- being dragged across the floor"?

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