- present participle of wrench.
wrenching
Example Sentences
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Then it was Suzann Pettersen's gut wrenching and ultimately successful putt on the final green at the Scottish course that decided the outcome.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
“We’re going to go through a fairly wrenching time.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Speaking that same year, Miliband told BBC Political Thinking he was still recovering from what he labelled a "gut wrenching" defeat that was "in many ways" a personal rejection of him.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
From that point in the novel to its wrenching end, June searches for her baby with the passionate abandon of a first-time mother and the aching hunger of every mother separated from her child.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
In the end, Gordievsky made the lonely and wrenching decision of the double agent: to save his own life.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
