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Meanings of sudden wrench in English

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Usage of sudden wrench in English
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Tom's mind felt a sudden wrench, followed by an enormous flaring pain.
Shadowland
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The man gave a sudden wrench and twisted one of his arms free.
High Noon: A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks'
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George stopped, sobered by a sudden wrench of his heart.
Frances Waldeaux: A Novel
4
With a sudden wrench he sought to lift the bar.
Tom Swift in Captivity, Or, A Daring Escape By Airship
5
William, with a sudden wrench, managed to break free.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
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A sudden wrench on my arm pulls me forward and I almost lose my balance.
The Quiet Earth
7
RACHAEL (still half frivolous under the sudden wrench from tragic despair).
The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories
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It gave me a sudden wrench of the heart-strings.
The Moon and Sixpence
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As it fell he caught his rider by the right wrist, and with a sudden wrench dislocated his arm.
Erling the Bold
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Then, with a sudden wrench, Umbo felt the change as Rigg found his focus and flew backward into the past.
Pathfinder
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With a sudden wrench she drew it from the wound and crouched among the shadows watching him with wide-dilated eyes.
The Foolish Virgin
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Dismay was in his voice, and Ardita's heart gave a sudden wrench as she saw his whole face suddenly droop.
The best early stories of f. scott fitzgerald
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She failed and my hold tightened; but the sudden wrench twisted the thing partly wrong side out, to show the lining.
Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley
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One sudden wrench, and he had the blacksmith's arm bent back and powerless, held down on the little fellow's own shoulders.
Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier / Twelve Years Sporting Re...
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Moses threw back his head, opened his cavern, and laughed silently; at the same time he twisted his arm free with a sudden wrench.
Blown to Bits: The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago
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A sudden wrenching from the one condition to another is misery.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
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