wringer

Example Sentences

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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

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 • Nov. 12, 2025

Arne Slot has no hair left to lose but the man celebrating his 47th birthday might have been left feeling a few years older as his Liverpool team put him through the wringer again.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

Sometimes I spent the whole day working beside her: shelling peas, kneading bread dough, turning the handle of the wringer after she’d washed clothes, feeding the chickens, sweeping the porch.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz