wring
Example Sentences
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He has also mocked allies uneasy about the widening conflict, referring to those who "wring their hands and clutch their pearls, hemming and hawing about the use of force."
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
That hasn’t happened since World War II. It took a famously gut-wrenching recession to wring out the last bout of high inflation from the economy in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 14, 2026
Now companies and the workers themselves are seeking to wring as much work as possible from these individuals each and every day.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
Did “The Pitt” wring enough tears to take the drama series Emmy?
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2025
She would miss her friend, but Ginika’s leaving forced them both to wring out their friendship and lay it out newly fresh to dry, to return to where they used to be.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing wring
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