Crossword clues for wrenched
wrenched
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wrench \Wrench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrenched; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrenching.] [OE. wrenchen, AS. wrencan to deceive, properly, to twist, from wrenc guile, deceit, a twisting. ????. See Wrench, n.]
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To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence.
Wrench his sword from him.
--Shak.Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenched With a woeful agony.
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To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert.
You wrenched your foot against a stone.
--Swift.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: wrench)
Usage examples of "wrenched".
He carried her the few steps to the bunk and held her against his length with one hand while he wrenched the covers free from the bunk to lay her upon the whiteness of the sheets.
Her petticoats went next, then she felt the hot pleasure of his hands upon her bare hips as he wrenched at the pantalettes, swearing when he ripped a satin tie.
She wrenched herself from his touch and fell back to the bed, twisting away from him and onto her stomach, closing her eyes tightly, praying that she could fall back into the deep, deep, comforting sleep that had been hers just moments ago.
She realized she was naked, wrenched up the sheet, and raced for the door again.
She wrenched it free, and then, her heart still beating hard, decided that she would not race for the house.
She screamed as she found herself wrenched to her feet, her wrists held tightly together.
She tried harder to free herself but he wrenched her back, and in so doing brought his own knees back against the crude wooden hip tub.
He was so startled that his hold eased, and she wrenched free from him, tearing into the house and up the steps.
Carter instantly tried for a knife at his calf, but Jarrett wrenched him around, and the men went rolling into the river.
He wrenched the curtain loose, and a blazing part of it fell to the floor, where he dragged it to another tapestry and set that aflame as well.
He wrenched her away from him and dug his fingers into her neck, twisting them in her hair, and pushing her down.
His beauty seduced her, but his insensibility to her agony wrenched her heart.
She wrenched at the handkerchief, but it was so tight around the neck of the little soldier that she could not tear it loose.
When Jeremiah fell, Josette, her whole being wrenched by loss of her true love and the near death of her husband, turned on Barnabas in hysterical accusation.
The moonstone flashed as vibrant as ever, and, as she rolled it in her palm, she was suddenly wrenched by sobs of helplessness.