wrench
Example Sentences
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When at last she wrenched her eyes open, Akira found herself staring straight up into the face of Dodger, who was coated all over in bright red fire retardant.
From Literature
It's difficult to determine exactly how prevalent "wrench attacks" are as few are publicly reported.
From BBC
The developer’s entry could have thrown a wrench into Beutner’s campaign.
From Los Angeles Times
The line does seem blurry when we’re talking about a construction-company employee who sticks to sales or a car-repair service adviser whose principal tool is a tablet instead of a wrench.
The November retail-sales figures are landing after a delay caused by last year’s government shutdown, which threw a wrench into the federal statistics’ agencies efforts to gather data on the economy.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
