wrung
Example Sentences
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The trumpeters persevere valiantly but, by the end of the day, everyone's wrung out.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
So forget the grandchildren, we are the people over whom so many hands have been wrung over the last 40 years.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026
Guthrie has been seen in a couple of Instagram videos since then looking exhausted and emotionally wrung out as she and her siblings try to communicate with whoever has their mother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
All of these jornaleros knew each other, maybe not by their real names, but by nicknames, usually wrung from the place they had lived.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
My eyes burned from the smoke, and each time the crowd gasped, I felt as though my stomach was being wrung between cruel hands.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
