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Significados de wringing out em inglês

Extract liquid from fabric by action of twisting or squeezing.

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Examples for "wringing"
Examples for "wringing"
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The mother stood in the middle of the floor wringing her hands.
The Soul of a Child
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Rapp passed the information onto Speyer, who began wringing his hands nervously.
Act of treason
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Others have proposed wringing more utility out of the existing subway network.
Wired
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Mrs. Gildersleeve sat down by the bedside wringing her hands in silence.
What's Bred in the Bone
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After wringing the water from the moist linen, she approached the bed.
The notorious scoundrel
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I cringed at Slidell's mangling of the legal term, but said nothing.
Flash and Bones
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They refuse to let mangling and murder put crimps in their spirit.
Golden Lads
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It's an amalgamation, a mangling and a dangling and a tangling thing.
Life
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Eleanor curled her fingers around her spectacles, mangling them out of shape.
The clouds beneath the sun
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There is no reforming power in torture, in bruising and mangling the flesh.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume VIII. / Interviews
Uso de wringing out em inglês
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Dripping clean and wringing out her hair, Auri headed off through Tenners.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
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But it was after thoroughly wringing out the hide that the work began.
The Mammoth Hunters
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Webb was wringing out another compress, preparing to change the dressing.
Ride Proud, Rebel!
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After twenty years of wringing out heavily wet togas, she possessed deceptive strength.
The Silver Pigs
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He looked up and saw Joscelyn wringing out her little handkerchief in the pannikin.
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
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She straightened her back and began wringing out the sponge.
The Neutronium Alchemist
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She makes a squeezing gesture with her hands, as though wringing out a dishcloth.
The Guardian
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Her eyes were sore from crying, her head ached from wringing out the tears.
Breeder
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August was wringing out the last heat of summer.
The Irish Times
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But she only laughed gayly at the accident, and wringing out her wet skirt, said:
The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love
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The SuccessFactors deal is more about generating top-line growth than wringing out cost synergies, they said.
Reuters
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After wringing out the shirts we will put them in under the sacks next to us.
Won By the Sword : a tale of the Thirty Years' War
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The bike recently got a wringing out at the track, and Hussain passed along some video.
Wired
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Beside him, wringing out a wet handkerchief and spreading it on the burning forehead, knelt Angela.
An Apache Princess: A Tale of the Indian Frontier
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Then she staggered onto the beach, streaming droplets and wringing out the skirt of her suit.
Ladder of years: a novel
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The seaman in question had been wringing out his checkered shirt in an effort to dry it.
Honour This Day
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