put through the wringer

Example Sentences

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There is nothing to boo about that, but the Tartan Army had just been put through the wringer as they watched their side struggle against the world's 100th-best national team.

From BBC

Though it may be seen as the refreshing agent of change in politics, it has yet to be put through the wringer of close scrutiny.

From BBC

Jofra Archer sat proudly by the Lord's boundary edge as a crowd that had been put through the wringer ebbed away.

From BBC

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

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

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