wringer

Example Sentences

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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

Arne Slot has no hair left to lose but the man celebrating his 47th birthday might have been left feeling a few years older as his Liverpool team put him through the wringer again.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025

England fans are used to their teams putting them through the wringer.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025

“Cronenberg takes these concerns that we all have and runs them through this fantastical wringer, so that we come to see ourselves in some new way,” says Lucca.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

He did not want to be a wringer.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli