wrung
Example Sentences
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We wrung it out pretty hard, just to be sure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
The trumpeters persevere valiantly but, by the end of the day, everyone's wrung out.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 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
The speculative leverage has been wrung out of this market for months.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 30, 2025
Why was he here if he didn’t have my sister—and who did he think he was, calling Ma Charles “Mama”? I was mad enough to scream just when I thought I’d been wrung out numb.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
