wrung
Example Sentences
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If Warshow wrung a sizable reputation out of a small body of work, he also stuffed his very short life with experience.
The speculative leverage has been wrung out of this market for months.
From MarketWatch
Netflix describes this as relaxing, which it very well may be to parents wrung out by their children loudly campaigning to watch.
From Salon
The beauty of the collection is that each entry, while varying in quality, feels authentic — wrung with pleasure or pain from this wildly talented artist’s commitment to life on earth.
From Los Angeles Times
He conceded that it could take some time for some of the excesses in the market to be wrung out and that gold could be choppy over the next few months.
From Barron's
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