wrung

American  

[ruhng] / rʌŋ /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of wring.

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wrung British  

/ rʌŋ /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of wring

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Other Word Forms

• unwrung adjective

Example Sentences

There was widespread exuberance in the gold market prior to its plunge, and only a small part of that exuberance has been wrung out of the market.

From MarketWatch

In the square, they wrung out their clothes and assessed each other for bruises, and for a moment, the giddy pleasure of not being dead transcended everything.

From Literature

Like he was a rag being slowly wrung out by hands twisting in two different directions.

From Literature

If Warshow wrung a sizable reputation out of a small body of work, he also stuffed his very short life with experience.

From The Wall Street Journal

The speculative leverage has been wrung out of this market for months.

From MarketWatch