Example Sentences

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Wringing a few bucks out of those users in exchange for the prestige and recognizability of the checkmark is a fair idea.

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2022

Wringing more than 200 million tons in annual emission reductions from the power sector is achievable but difficult, said Larsen, the Rhodium analyst.

From Scientific American • Jan. 7, 2022

Wringing my hands distractedly, I asked, "What voice?"

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2021

“You want to know what tough is? Wringing the sweat out of your belt,” Finkenauer says, describing something that she once saw her father do after working a long shift in the summer heat.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2018

Wringing out the cold coffee from his shirt, he considered running after her, explaining himself.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon