How to Use through the wringer in a Sentence

through the wringer

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• If the first day of school puts your child through the wringer, praise them for sticking it out.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2024
• Hotels have been through the wringer since the start of the pandemic.
  — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2023
• That means to the world to somebody who’s been thrown through the wringer and discarded and kicked to the curb.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
• The demands of your work life don’t slow down, even when your personal life’s been put through the wringer.
  — Gloria Horsley, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
• That hasn't stopped the administration from putting US tech through the wringer at home, though.
  — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
• Two neighbors meet and strike up a relationship that gets seriously put through the wringer.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 11 Nov. 2022
• Engineers also plan to put the Super Heavy booster through the wringer on the next launch.
  — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
• For a heavy-duty cleaner, a degreaser might be good to have on hand if your stovetop has really been put through the wringer.
  — Amber Joglar, Popular Mechanics, 23 Jan. 2023
• The Indianapolis Colts have been through the wringer this season and yet their playoff hopes are still alive.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2024
• But that doesn’t mean Sheridan, who wrote all 10 episodes of Season 1, didn’t put his hero through the wringer.
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 12 Jan. 2025
• From draft busts to the first ever team in league history to go winless through a 16-game season, their fans have been through the wringer.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
• And the Lakers’ front office would have every right to be irritated with how James put them through the wringer on this.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023
• Southeast Asia’s startup struggles This all comes on the backdrop of an ecosystem that has been going through the wringer.
  — Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
• These complex emotions and high levels of distress can really put a couple’s relationship through the wringer.
  — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 28 Dec. 2022
• And if your pair looks a little dingy after putting them through the wringer on vacation, don’t stress—the Tree Runners can go right in the washing machine.
  — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 27 Sep. 2024
• Jones and Thomas quickly put the rookie through the wringer, snagging offensive rebounds out of her hands and springing brutal double-team traps to force turnovers.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2024
• The company has been through the wringer over the past year with a slumping stock price, successive quarters of weak earnings pulled down by losses in its streaming division.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 Apr. 2024
• Everyone knew that Stability AI was going through the wringer.
  — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
• Families of 9/11 victims have been put through the wringer this year while pursuing compensation.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2022
• Fitbit owners have been through the wringer this past year as Google works on integrating Fitbit and its services into its ecosystem.
  — Victoria Song, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2023
• As the testing period was outside of the main hunting seasons, knives were put through the wringer in our kitchens and doing chores around the farm—skinning and gutting included.
  — Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2022
• Celebrity couples have been through the wringer, from breakups to makeups and permanent separations resulting in divorce.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 15 Dec. 2023
• Each panel member put each of our candidates for best background check service through the wringer in terms of testing their websites, process and amount of public records searched for background checks.
  — Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2022
• This aluminum and stainless steel kit arrived at my doorstep just in time for a few summertime events, with one busy bartending day in particular that really put it through the wringer.
  — T.j. Fink, Outside, 29 Dec. 2025
• This one ratchets up the paranoia even more than usual, putting Ron through the wringer once again with a series of bizarre and possibly related inconveniences.
  — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025
• And, oh, does director and co-screenwriter Josh Safdie put Chalamet and audiences through the wringer.
  — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
• Of your two fictional crime families, which one put you most through the wringer, emotionally, psychologically, et cetera?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
• From measurements to texture, absorbency, and durability, these towels were (literally) put through the wringer for you.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2023
• In terms of sturdiness, Travel + Leisure’s testing team put these bags and hundreds of others through the wringer to create a list of the best affordable luggage sets.
  — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2024
• As expected, the nature of the role put Ridley through the wringer, becoming one of her greatest physical challenges in a career with no shortage of them.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025