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wrung
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wring \Wring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrung , Obs. Wringed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wringing .] [OE. wringen, AS. wringan; akin to LG. & D. wringen, OHG. ringan to struggle, G. ringen, Sw. vr["a]nga to distort, Dan. vringle to twist. Cf. Wrangle , Wrench , Wrong ...
Usage examples of wrung.
Wet to the knees, and wrung wretched with shivering, Fionn Areth cursed the cold rivulets that chased down his boot cuffs and collar.
He worked the rent larger, then wrung off a strip to bind up his dripping sword cut.
Sweating in discomfort, wrung from exhaustion and hunger, Arithon was trained healer enough to persist until the raw tissue was clean.
Elaira braced against the washstand, too wrung with dread to question the price she might pay for unbending self-honesty.
Arithon laid his cheek to iced stone, wrung wretched with shivering relief.
He glanced once at the door still ajar behind him, fair and young and uneasy, his riding gloves wrung between tortured hands.
The dousing eased back some of the hollow uncertainty wrung through her displaced equilibrium.
Light do you think the sorry wretch can accomplish wrung limp as he is with grave injuries?
He wrung what inadequate comfort he could from the fact that only one patrol hounded him.
Sulfin Evend squeezed his eyes shut, too wrung with nerves to close his hand over his sword grip.
They worked in tight partnership, borrowing off the unsteady assistance wrung from a rabbit-scared spellbinder.
Fellowship construct designed to capture and reroute those vast forces, Dakar felt wrung through.
Defeatist thoughts wrung no mercy from the brusque presence of Kharadmon.
Had the breath not been wrung clean out of his lungs, he would have lost hold, all awareness dissolved into shattering screams.
Kharadmon stopped, wrung out a vehement breath, and shook a damp hank of cinnamon hair from the puffy sills of his eyes.