wring
verb (used with object)
to twist forcibly.
is wringing
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present progressiveof wring (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The Memphis, Tennessee-based company is wringing out costs by shuttering offices, cutting staff, grounding airplanes, canceling profit-sapping Sunday deliveries in far-flung areas and furloughing workers in its freight division.
From Reuters ● Mar. 16, 2023
If Scheffler was the sponge as a kid, he is wringing out every drop of what he learned all around Augusta this week.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2022
If he is wringing his hands over the more deliberative foreign policy style practiced by the current occupant of the White House, he’s kept it to a close group of confidantes.
From US News ● Oct. 8, 2014
On NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams said that Beyoncé wasn’t lip-syncing, but, “in effect, lip-syncing”; Jon Stewart's jokes took it as a given that she faked it; NPR is wringing its hands NPR-ily.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2013
My dad is wringing sweat from his mustache.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
