Example Sentences

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Wringing more than 200 million tons in annual emission reductions from the power sector is achievable but difficult, said Larsen, the Rhodium analyst.

From Scientific American • Jan. 7, 2022

Wringing my hands distractedly, I asked, "What voice?"

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2021

Q. Re: Wringing about a ring: The letter writer says she is scared of getting married, not that she doesn’t want to get married.

From Slate • May 24, 2021

“You want to know what tough is? Wringing the sweat out of your belt,” Finkenauer says, describing something that she once saw her father do after working a long shift in the summer heat.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2018

Wringing his clothes, he made his way back to the birch, which had become his center of operations.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig