wrung

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So forget the grandchildren, we are the people over whom so many hands have been wrung over the last 40 years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Guthrie has been seen in a couple of Instagram videos since then looking exhausted and emotionally wrung out as she and her siblings try to communicate with whoever has their mother.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

All of these jornaleros knew each other, maybe not by their real names, but by nicknames, usually wrung from the place they had lived.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

If Warshow wrung a sizable reputation out of a small body of work, he also stuffed his very short life with experience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Miss Love wrung out the towel again and slowly, so weary, she wiped his back and his neck, his face and arms and then his legs.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns