wrung
Example Sentences
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“Those poor girls were pawns in the local political wrangle as much as I was. They were being drained and wrung out and so was I,” Flynn wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The trumpeters valiantly persevere 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
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
Somebody came and wrung me by the hand.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
