wringer

Example Sentences

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A book that will put you through the emotional wringer, Brar says it was inspired "by the love my father had in running his sub-Post Office for over twenty years".

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

He finally was cleared, but only after his reputation was put through a wringer.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

Donnie Wahlberg shared in the documentary that in the beginning stages of New Kids on The Block the members were put through the wringer.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2024

To say Reilly's character has been put through the wringer would be an understatement.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2024

In the summer, Mom had bought a wringer washing machine like the one we’d had in Phoenix, and we kept it in the kitchen.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls