put through the wringer
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I left the theater feeling giddily put through the wringer by its contrarian depictions of heroes and fiends.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Jofra Archer sat proudly by the Lord's boundary edge as a crowd that had been put through the wringer ebbed away.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025
On the topic of Riley, Not since a pre-teen Linda Blair has a young actor been put through the wringer of possession as Joe Bird as Riley is here.
From Salon • Aug. 5, 2023
In Amazon’s Packaging Innovation Lab — a 10,000-square-foot facility in a complex of Amazon buildings in Sumner — packages are put through the wringer.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2023
Such being the case, the sheets can be evenly and carefully folded and put through the wringer, which will give them a certain smoothness.
From The Complete Home by Laughlin, Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth)