wrest
verb (used with object)
to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
was wresting
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past progressiveof wrest.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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As he was wresting it free, a blaze of white ap-peared at the edge of his vision.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
“That one, brother, he bite,” she said, pointing her knuckly hand at a small tree he was wresting from his garden plot.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
It was wresting away the power which the clergy had enjoyed from the days of Alfred and Ina,—a reform which Henry II. and Edward I., and other sovereigns, had failed to effect.
From Beacon Lights of History by John Lord
By that time Morrison was at Corson's side and was wresting the instrument from the wall.
From All-Wool Morrison by Holman Day
They claimed the forest for their own and hated man because bit by bit he was wresting the forest from them.
From The Old English Herbals by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
