wrung

Example Sentences

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Emery has wrung everything out of his players.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 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

She was dirty, she smelled, and when she wrung the cloth, dark water spilled out.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead