Past tense of wring

Forms of wring

Less standard forms: wrang (dialectal).

Wrung and wringed in a sentence

• I didn’t have a towel so I just wrung my hair dry.
• “I feel I’ve been wrung through a wringer,” Maggie said.1988, Anne Tyler, chapter 1, in Breathing Lessons (A Borzoi Book), New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, part 1, page 25
• I wrung out my wet jeans and hung them out to dry.From the entry wrung
• I couldn't help it. I had to tell him. He wrung it out of me.From the entry wring out
• While there’s still money to be wrung from it, that won’t be allowed to happen.2026 January 5, Stuart Heritage, “In ending, Stranger Things committed TV’s ultimate crime”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry IP

Meaning of wring

1. verb Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.
2. verb To squeeze water (from an item of wet clothing) by passing through a wringer.
3. verb Often followed by from or out: to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it.

Full definition of wring

Verbs like wring

• spring (sprang)
• hang (hung)
• sing (sang)
• swing (swung)
• sling (slung)

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Questions about the past tense of wring

What is the past tense of wring?

The past tense of wring is wrung or wringed.

What is the past participle of wring?

The past participle of wring is wrung or wringed.

Is wring a regular or irregular verb?

Wring is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.

Is wrang correct?

wrang is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of wring is wrung or wringed.