wring
verb (used with object)
to twist forcibly.
was wringing
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past progressiveof wring.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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To be clear, I thought they were funny, so what I was wringing my hands over was that I was pretty sure that this made me a bad person.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2021
There was a girl in the room when we wrote it who was up to here with men problems, so I was wringing her for ideas!
From BBC ● May 30, 2019
When I first met Tamerlan Tsarnaev, now familiar as the elder of the two alleged Boston Marathon bombers, he gripped my hand like he was wringing out a rag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2013
As usual, Mr. Kendricks was wringing soul-drenched sounds from a tired baby grand, and belting out spirited versions of hymns, spirituals and gospel standards.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2011
Mr. Wonka was wringing his hands and saying, “No, no, no, no, no! It isn’t ready for eating! It isn’t right! You mustn’t do it!”
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
