wrung

Example Sentences

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There was widespread exuberance in the gold market prior to its plunge, and only a small part of that exuberance has been wrung out of the market.

From MarketWatch

In the square, they wrung out their clothes and assessed each other for bruises, and for a moment, the giddy pleasure of not being dead transcended everything.

From Literature

Like he was a rag being slowly wrung out by hands twisting in two different directions.

From Literature

If Warshow wrung a sizable reputation out of a small body of work, he also stuffed his very short life with experience.

From The Wall Street Journal

The speculative leverage has been wrung out of this market for months.

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