wringer

Example Sentences

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“We went through a lot of wringers, but we succeeded,” Chaudhuri said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024

They will wring with the best of all the world’s wringers for a few days now after England found its passing lanes gummed up and its quality surrounded by company.

From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2022

That put my idealism in conflict with the jaded cynicism I carry around as an old-timer who’s been through many wringers.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2020

Are you seriously asking if Julian Fellowes can find some other wringers to put his characters through?

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2013

The wringmaster was holding one arm out, making a gate behind which the wringers gaped.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli