put through the wringer
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I left the theater feeling giddily put through the wringer by its contrarian depictions of heroes and fiends.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Donnie Wahlberg shared in the documentary that in the beginning stages of New Kids on The Block the members were put through the wringer.
From Salon • Nov. 18, 2024
To say Reilly's character has been put through the wringer would be an understatement.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2024
In Amazon’s Packaging Innovation Lab — a 10,000-square-foot facility in a complex of Amazon buildings in Sumner — packages are put through the wringer.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2023
I ain't put through the wringer, you understand, but just follows Zenobia while she goes from one thing to another, givin' her opinions of 'em and now and then callin' for mine.
From Torchy by Brehm, George
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