wrenched

Example Sentences

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While the S&P 500 has wrenched up and down but gone pretty much nowhere this year, international, emerging-market, small stocks and value stocks have taken off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

The film explores what’s funny — and terrifyingly truthful — about being wrenched into adulthood.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

Now we know with painful clarity what it is to be wrenched from our homes.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2025

He dove into the waves and wrenched us back aboard somehow.

From Salon • May 11, 2024

It wrenched itself free of the other trike’s horn and spun, bashing the triceratops with its thick tail.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older