wrench
Example Sentences
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The Continent today is careening into a second wrenching fiscal crisis, after the 2010 disaster.
The new strain has also thrown a wrench in things.
From Los Angeles Times
“I’ve learned a lot about what I might get,” she said, “but Mother Nature always has her monkey wrench in hand.”
From Los Angeles Times
But Rachel is no shrinking violet, holding her own against lowlifes and schemers while navigating the movie’s unexpected turns, shocking violence and wrenching tension.
From Los Angeles Times
Across the globe, Florence is wrenching Freddie from writhing on the floor to buck him up for the imminent match.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
