wringing
- present participle of wring.
Example Sentences
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Section 301 is a tried and tested tool for imposing tariffs and wringing concessions from U.S. trade partners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
There were also comments from the US side about their UK counterparts "wringing their hands" about information over Andrew.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
You’ll want to get caught up ahead of next week’s twist—and by “twist,” I don’t mean a surprise but rather a wringing, in this case of a company by its shareholders.
From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025
So it is that on the last night of Ever, the man always wringing himself inside out to be better than the best finds himself between those mentors.
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2024
The fade-out scene, the one that had Dad actually wringing out his handkerchief, showed the old woman, shivering in a worn and inadequate hug-me-tight, limping slowly up the hill to the poor house.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
