wrest
verb (used with object)
to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
wrests
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present tense formof wrest (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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From here, much of the novel dwells on Günter’s terror and paralysis as the Nazi Party wrests control of Germany.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Rozario’s mother holds onto him protectively, then wrests the scissors away.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
Back at the studio the anchors vacuously nod at Nandor's escalating trumpery, as they do when The Guide wrests Joanna's microphone away to parley on behalf of all vampires.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2023
Indeed, Fish wrests us from any post-intermission relaxation with a reworked dream ballet sequence that begins in heavy-metal mode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
They are not to be classed with one who by hard work wrests a fortune out of the grim Colorado granite.
From The Silent Barrier by Louis Tracy
