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wrung

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verb

past tense of wring
1
as in squeezed
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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2
as in earned
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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3
4
as in pried
to draw out by force or with effort willing to use torture if necessary in order to wring the information out of the terrorist

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrung
Adjective
  • This hilarious odyssey of a parched protagonist reminds us that sometimes our relative sacrifices for the greater good can be tempered by small mercies along the way.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 May 2025
  • Prompt Inaccurate Air Quality Predictions 'Unheard-of' Storm Brings Months of Rain to 2 States In the pictures, an alligator is seen sitting in a largely evaporated pond in southwest Florida, and the parched Everglades are seen from aerial helicopter shots.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • At Nub, which earned its star in 2017, the pair focused on cuisine that blended Latin and Italian culinary traditions.
    Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
  • And in the 2021-22 school year, students at Central and Meridian academies earned more credits per semester than those at Rebound.
    Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • But David kept fighting and pulled fire away from landing Medevac helicopters, getting evacuated himself after the last helicopter landed.
    JOSH BOAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 4 Jan. 2025
  • My wanting was the leash that pulled me through my life.
    Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Her sister’s sere hair went among the grasses; her head was full of the Child.
    Patricia Lockwood, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
  • Playwright-screenwriter Alice Birch has composed a superheated adaptation that’s anything but sere.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
Verb
  • Three days later, the Ukrainians exacted their revenge.
    David Axe, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Not that Kelce would complain about it, but the Chiefs’ dynasty that Kelce helped to create has exacted a stiff price.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • This chic design feels like something plucked out of a Parisian home tour, giving your chamber a je ne sais quoi moment that won’t go out of style anytime soon.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 14 Mar. 2025
  • This is the kind of season where a chef is scolded for making too many crudo dishes — and where another literally has the tweezers plucked from his chef's coat during service.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The delegations, escorted around town and guarded by scores of Swiss police, met for at least a dozen hours on both days of the weekend at a sunbaked 18th-century villa that serves as the official residence of the Swiss ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 May 2025
  • In a sunbaked Vatican City, huge crowds of devoted faithful stood for hours in a section beyond the neat rows of cardinals, who remained seated in their colorful robes and hats.
    NBC News, NBC news, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • This higher elevation, combined with low to moderate levels of rainfall, temperature, and dry weather, all come together to form a pretty ideal environment for growing wine grapes.
    Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2025
  • On a drier week, the ball would have almost assuredly rolled through the rough, dunked into the water and forced Finau to drop with a one-stroke penalty.
    Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 17 May 2025
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“Wrung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrung. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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