Example Sentences

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While the central meaning of all this has yet to be revealed, Seehorn’s performance of Carol’s obstinate loneliness is wrenchingly genuine to anyone who has ever felt alone in a sea of smiling strangers.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2025

As I grapple with these issues, I'm discovering these darker facets of my Jewish identity, and doing so is wrenchingly painful.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2023

Even more wrenchingly, Syniakova had relatives and friends in the hard-hit city of Mariupol, where she vacationed as a child.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2022

In what became a wrenchingly iconic photo, a pregnant woman was carried away on a stretcher, her face pale against a bleak field of gray rubble, a polka-dotted blanket dangling below her.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2022

This year’s festival is packed, but remembering Darin, I feel wrenchingly alone.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir