Example Sentences

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The clouds are expected to have wrung out all their moisture by the evening before clearing overnight.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

For years, publishing executives have wrung their hands over the problem of “discovery.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2022

Though newspapers have been declining for years, these investors have wrung profits from them through severe cost-cutting measures, including layoffs and the sale of assets such as the papers’ headquarters buildings.

From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2020

I also suspect that Johnson might have wrung more pathos from her material by giving us direct access to Frank’s inner life.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2016

Molly would have wrung her hands with an artist’s anguish, this was the place for coquetry!

From The House of Fulfilment by Martin, George Madden