wrenched

Example Sentences

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Ireland, winners against Scotland earlier in the day, watched on in Dublin, seeing the title wrenched out of their grasp in the final act of an enthralling edition of the sport's oldest international championship.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

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

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

Certainly—a coil of fear wrenched in my stomach—certainly I hadn’t said anything about Bunny.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt