wrangle
verb (used without object)
to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
wrangled
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past participleof wrangle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof wrangle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
wrangleverb (used without object)to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
Example Sentences
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Yet as I wrangled them into my closet, something kept nagging at me like a pebble in an insole: Bernie Sanders’ eye-rolling dismissal outside the Senate elevator.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
"The two of us get together and we're like a couple of naughty kids at school that need to be wrangled to be focused," he said.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
Much of the show is staged—it had to be—though Manhattan traffic cannot be wrangled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
Last October, a similar inflatable pumpkin went on a windy joyride, rolling into traffic and briefly “attacking” an officer before being wrangled back into submission.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2025
Together, we wrangled the cot onto its casters.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
