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• 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
• He peeled the skivvie off, revealing his upper body, and wrung it out in the sink.2014, Atticus Lish, Preparation for the Next Life, New York, N.Y.: Tyrant Books, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry skivvie
• I'm still feeling absolutely wrung out after listening to the Sitzprobe rehearsal today.2013, Carole Matthews, Welcome to the Real World. From the entry sitzprobe
• Oh, Jesus wept, what am I going to do with you?" Major Muir wrung his hands.1965, Anthony Burgess, A vision of battlements. From the entry Jesus wept
• I know till I want to wring one shout from that jesusly silent throat of yours.1965, Robert Kroetsch, But we are Exiles, page 9. From the entry jesusly
• They can't "wring out" a plane, being limited to about 45° in bank and pitch.1951, Popular Science, March issue, page 46. From the entry wring out
• The reverberations of that Conreport of mine have been wringing in my ears for weeks.1951 December, Walter Alexander Willis, “The Harp That Once or Twice”, in Quandry, number 16, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2011. From the entry conreport
• I was shown mattresses which were still wringing wet at eleven in the morning.1937, George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier, London: Victor Gollancz, Part 1, Chapter 4, pp. 62-63. From the entry wringing wet
• I wrung the promise of that bill from His Majesty whilst he was still a throneless wanderer.1923, Rafael Sabatini, chapter 3, in Fortune's Fool. From the entry throneless
• Oh my god did the Onceler take Tumblr by its neck and wring it until it died horribly.2021, Belle, "Tumblr Sexymen: A Never-Ending Cycle of Questionable Taste", LOCO Mag, 2 August 2021. From the entry Tumblr sexyman
• Tom twisted and wrung it between his fingers.2003–2004, Henry Bingham, chapter 105, in The Sons of Adam, Garden City, N.Y.: GuildAmerica Books, →ISBN, page 360. From the entry milliner
• Quiet now, or you'll attract evil fanficcers who fancy they can wring a good psychodrama out of this.2000 December 24, Namek-Lady Cegi, “Re: Is Piccolo His Own Uncle/Father?”, in alt.fan.dragonball (Usenet), message-ID…. From the entry fanficcer
• Silent tears brimmed in Lorraine’s eyes as she stood there, wringing her mashed-potatoey hands on a dish towel.1994, Anthony Bruno, Bad Apple, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 289. From the entry mashed-potatoey
• Helen would wring out his shirt and put it out to dry, as clothes dryers were on the drawing board somewhere in the future.2010, Helen Howington, All in a Lifetime, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 32. From the entry cats and dogs
• It was a decoction of datura that wrung the truth from the old woman, by sending her into a trance from which she never recovered.2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 38. From the entry datura
• She began to wring her hands.2007, Lucretia Cole, The King of Amphiboly. From the entry doveling
• Health, too, was a consideration, though it was very much pleasure-principle health—the right to wring out every last throb of ecstasy from one's knackered organs.2002 January 26, Howard Jacobson, “A vision that took me back to adolescence, and a lot of American women to childhood”, in Independent…. From the entry pleasure principle
• The crooks have wrung such abundant profits from the coupons that "no prison sentence could be long enough," as one courtroom bystander put it.1981, The Current Digest of the Soviet Press - Volume 33, page 18. From the entry fuelish
• A small black one, the probable mewer, was gazing up at them with such a sorrowful expression in its green eyes that my lady was wrung with pity.2013, Harley White, The Autobiography of a Granada Cat, page 47. From the entry mewer
• Either the sorcerer's magic, or the filthy moat, or the crackleberries — or all three — had turned his guts to slush and wrung out his bowels.2005, Charles Coleman Finlay, The Prodigal Troll, page 25. From the entry crackleberry
• I think the short answer is that six weeks ago the Prime Minister was promising his Back Benchers a handbagging for Europe, but now he is reduced to hand wringing.2011 December 7, Ed Miliband, “Engagements”, in Hansard, volume 537, House of Commons. From the entry handbagging

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.

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How do you use wring in a sentence?

Wring is used as a verb and noun. For example: “I didn’t have a towel so I just wrung my hair dry.”

What is a short sentence with wring?

“to wring a mast”

What does wring mean?

Wring means often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.