wrung
Example Sentences
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“Those poor girls were pawns in the local political wrangle as much as I was. They were being drained and wrung out and so was I,” Flynn wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The trumpeters valiantly persevere but, by the end of the day, everyone's wrung out.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
All of these jornaleros knew each other, maybe not by their real names, but by nicknames, usually wrung from the place they had lived.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
If Warshow wrung a sizable reputation out of a small body of work, he also stuffed his very short life with experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
My hands began to shake, and I wrung them together.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
