wrench

Example Sentences

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Since his early days designing for Perry Ellis, fresh off a winning showcase at the Parsons School of Design’s end-of-term fashion show, Jacobs has relished throwing a wrench in the system.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

For Ruben Nizard, head of political risk research at Coface, a trade credit insurance company, this crisis could also "throw another wrench into the works by driving up maritime freight costs" and pushing up inflation.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

Doctors had to forcibly wrench him from his mother at birth.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

The November retail-sales figures are landing after a delay caused by last year’s government shutdown, which threw a wrench into the federal statistics’ agencies efforts to gather data on the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

He tried to wrench free, then he turned and fell to scrabbling on the littered table behind him.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner