Example Sentences

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When the animal disappears for many days, Raven’s frantic distress, her imaginings of Fox “dead, caged, or manacled,” her bargaining with God for his return, are wrenching.

From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2021

Miniature bridge aside, the emotions you both bring to the scene are wrenching.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2021

The scenes between Williams and Woods are wrenching.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2019

But both are ultimately unable to get beyond the initial assumption that their dystopias are wrenching because of exactly who’s suffering.

From The Verge • Jun. 15, 2017

They are crowding me down; they are wrenching my business from my hands!

From With the Procession by Fuller, Henry Blake