Example Sentences

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Emery has wrung everything out of his players.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

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

With a strategy that led to deep layoffs at The Denver Post and other MediaNews Group publications, Alden has wrung profits from a business that seemed well past its heyday.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2020

Lucie Safarova, Vandeweghe’s opponent Monday, hails from an actual tennis powerhouse, the Czech Republic, which has wrung six top-50 places from its 10.6 million population, while the Americans have seven from 326 million.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2017

Her skin is like a bright pink rag someone has wrung out.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez