wring
verb (used with object)
to twist forcibly.
has wrung
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present perfectof wring (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Emery has wrung everything out of his players.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Norway does trail sometimes, even as it has wrung a dynasty from a mere 5.5 million citizens, and even as it leads the medals and the gold medals here with 28 and 13.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2022
Spike, Jet and Faye are "cowboys," as bounty hunters are known in 2071, when humanity has wrung Earth dry of its sustainability and colonized the solar system's nearby planets.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2021
To that end, “Greenlights” is filled with homespun wisdom that McConaughey has wrung from his toils, travels and that time he got arrested while playing bongos in the nude.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2020
Her skin is like a bright pink rag someone has wrung out.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
