wrung

Example Sentences

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So forget the grandchildren, we are the people over whom so many hands have been wrung over the last 40 years.

From MarketWatch

I was wrung out from everything that had happened, the whole summer, everyone, even my own family.

From Literature

Guthrie has been seen in a couple of Instagram videos since then looking exhausted and emotionally wrung out as she and her siblings try to communicate with whoever has their mother.

From Los Angeles Times

There was widespread exuberance in the gold market prior to its plunge, and only a small part of that exuberance has been wrung out of the market.

From MarketWatch

In the square, they wrung out their clothes and assessed each other for bruises, and for a moment, the giddy pleasure of not being dead transcended everything.

From Literature