wringer
Example Sentences
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DC Studios has already been through the wringer, and taking too big a swing could prove a major loss just as the DCU is finding its footing.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
DC has already been through the wringer, and taking too big a swing could prove a major loss just as the DCU is finding its footing.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
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
All the greats have been through the wringer.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
The wringer is two rubber rollers, the color of pale flesh, that revolve around and around, the clothes squeezing in between them, water and suds squooshing out like juice.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
