wringer

Example Sentences

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Fans, who've already been through the wringer, will be watching with even more trepidation than usual.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

I left the theater feeling giddily put through the wringer by its contrarian depictions of heroes and fiends.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

All the greats have been through the wringer.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

He finally was cleared, but only after his reputation was put through a wringer.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

He clenched his fists, he screamed: “I’m gonna be the best wringer there ever was!”

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli