wrung

Example Sentences

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Emery has wrung everything out of his players.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

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 • Feb. 9, 2026

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 • Feb. 2, 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

She looked at me, and looked at Sarah, and Sarah’s countenance wrung out of her watchful face a cruel smile.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens