wringing 1 of 2

as in twisting
a forceful rotating or pulling motion for the purpose of dislodging something a firm wringing of the shoe got it off

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wringing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of wring
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as in squeezing
to get (as money) by the use of force or threats that bill collector is willing to do anything to wring money out of deadbeats

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as in earning
to get with great difficulty after years of trying to wring a decent profit out of the business, he is finally giving up

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Recent Examples of wringing
Noun
Most of the celebration and hand wringing over Moore’s law focuses on the ever-shrinking silicon transistor. IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2017
Verb
Haiti, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic’s steep terrain will force air upward, wringing out more moisture from the storm, just like squeezing a wet sponge, turning tropical humidity into torrents racing downhill. Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025 For the past several years, writers and pundits have been wringing their hands over how few men are supposedly writing and reading fiction today. Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025 Whatever minor hand-wringing the opening of the 113-room hotel may have caused, it’s been widely embraced in the few years since opening. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 4 Sep. 2025 They’re all designed to grab your attention by sounding the alarm, then close with a hand-wringing quote from someone who probably missed the last bull run. Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wringing
Verb
  • Down 38-14 early in the fourth quarter, Texas staged one of the college football season’s more improbable rallies Saturday, scoring 31 unanswered points and squeezing past Mississippi State 45-38 in overtime.
    Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Haiti, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic’s steep terrain will force air upward, wringing out more moisture from the storm, just like squeezing a wet sponge, turning tropical humidity into torrents racing downhill.
    Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Baumbach’s Marriage Story dominated the Gotham Awards in 2019, winning best feature, best screenplay, the audience award and best actor for star Adam Driver, ahead of earning six Oscar nominations and Dern winning best supporting actress at the 2020 Oscars for her performance.
    Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The original film became a cultural phenomenon following its theatrical release, earning Morita an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Marigold Room, just off the lobby, is an intimate music space and listening room for just 150 guests that’s already pulling national touring acts.
    Jennifer Bradley Franklin, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Langham stopped the truck by pulling Hagen’s leg off the gas pedal and pushing the brake pedal with her hand.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to police, the burglaries were committed with a prying tool, which was used to gain access to businesses after hours.
    Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Despite increasingly menacing warnings to back off and stop prying into the lives of rich power players thorny about their privacy, Lo remains determined to get to the truth.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • New episodes will air Sundays through December 14, but this week there's a special Halloween twist as HBO Max subscribers get a chance to catch the new episode three days early.
    Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Others have incorporated brie and figs for a sweet-savory twist, or used hot pepper sauce for a little extra heat.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Nearly a billion records were stolen across dozens of organizations, and now cybercriminals are extorting victims by threatening to publish the data unless hefty ransoms are paid.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • And in response, the Maduro regime is extorting them by holding their nationals in prison and forcing them to engage with the Maduro regime for their release.
    Manuel Rueda, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In both cases, as the danger was spreading through the waters of the Florida reefs, scientists were busily yanking surviving corals out of the water and saving them in aquariums across the state.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Mel Brooks’ best comedy shares many similarities with his other revered films – a strong grip of genre beats, a non-stop barrage of gags yanking us forward, and an eagerness to give every performer a chance to comedically shine.
    Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This involves using a needle introduced into the growth and extracting a few cells and then examining those cells.
    Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The key to extracting maximum possible power from this process is the membrane.
    Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025

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