wrung

American

[ruhng] / rʌŋ /

verb

simple past tense and past participle of wring.

wrung British

/ rʌŋ /

verb

the past tense and past participle of wring

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unwrung

adjective

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wrung

We wrung it out pretty hard, just to be sure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Emery has wrung everything out of his players.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

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 ● Feb. 2, 2026

All of these jornaleros knew each other, maybe not by their real names, but by nicknames, usually wrung from the place they had lived.

From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026

There was Sam kneeling before him, his face wrung with pain, as if he had been stabbed in the heart; tears welled from his eyes.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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