wrenched
Example Sentences
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With Sinner out and Carlos Alcaraz skipping the clay-court major with injury, Djokovic will be left wondering if his best opportunity of winning that elusive 25th Grand Slam has been wrenched from his grasp.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
While the S&P 500 has wrenched up and down but gone pretty much nowhere this year, international, emerging-market, small stocks and value stocks have taken off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
The film explores what’s funny — and terrifyingly truthful — about being wrenched into adulthood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
Now we know with painful clarity what it is to be wrenched from our homes.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2025
Harry’s eyes flew open as he wrenched himself back to the present: He was lying on the bank of the lake in the setting sun, and Ron and Hermione were looking down at him.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
