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Meanings of wring in English

Portuguese
extorquir
Catalan
extorsionar

Obtain by coercion or intimidation.

        extorquir
        Portuguese
        deformar
        Catalan
        desfigurar

        Twist and press out of shape.

              deformar
              Spanish
              retorcer

              Twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish.

                    Related terms
                    retorcer

                    A twisting squeeze.

                          Usage of wring in English
                          1
                          This Haslerig family demonstrates that you can wring success out of anything.
                          In the Land of Jim Crow
                          2
                          The Colonel's occasional efforts to wring information out of her yielded nothing.
                          The street philosopher
                          3
                          You could almost wring water out of the air in our tent.
                          The Life of Me: An Autobiography
                          4
                          It outmaneuvers rivals and strikes creative financing deals to wring out value.
                          Reuters
                          5
                          Rovio certainly knows how to wring the most out of a franchise.
                          The Irish Times
                          6
                          He now proceeded to wring the handkerchief in a highly dramatic manner.
                          Frank Merriwell at Yale; Or, Freshman Against Freshman
                          7
                          And it's inevitable that we'll wring our hands and be very concerned.
                          Wired
                          8
                          Too late the weeping relatives wring their hands and moan the remark.
                          Without Prejudice
                          9
                          I make sure to wring every last atom of pleasure from it.
                          The Guardian
                          10
                          Mr. Brown began to wring his hands and cry in great agony.
                          The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation
                          11
                          Both Darbwin's wife and I wanted to wring their long, thin necks.
                          Summers at Castle Auburn
                          12
                          Next, perhaps, are the sufferings which wring the heart all the while.
                          In Nesting Time
                          13
                          Again the impulse assailed him to wring confession from her by terror.
                          The Odd Women
                          14
                          David Brown removed his hands from hers and started to wring them.
                          The Complete Rama Omnibus
                          15
                          It will wring her heart, and either break it or soften it.
                          Olive: A Novel
                          16
                          Marghaz will wring a confession out of them, I do not doubt.
                          A Dance with Dragons
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                          Translations for wring
                          Spanish
                          retorcer
                          Wring through the time
                          Wring across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common