How to Use through the wringer in a Sentence

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• Hotels have been through the wringer since the start of the pandemic.
  — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2023
• For starters, Hughes had to be going through the wringer.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 23 Jan. 2024
• The demands of your work life don’t slow down, even when your personal life’s been put through the wringer.
  — Gloria Horsley, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
• Our deepest passions may be put through the wringer today.
  — Chicago Tribune, 18 Dec. 2022
• So that worked out really nicely. 65 really put the two of you through the wringer.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2023
• From draft busts to the first ever team in league history to go winless through a 16-game season, their fans have been through the wringer.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
• And the Lakers’ front office would have every right to be irritated with how James put them through the wringer on this.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023
• For a heavy-duty cleaner, a degreaser might be good to have on hand if your stovetop has really been put through the wringer.
  — Amber Joglar, Popular Mechanics, 23 Jan. 2023
• Two neighbors meet and strike up a relationship that gets seriously put through the wringer.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 11 Nov. 2022
• Jones and Thomas quickly put the rookie through the wringer, snagging offensive rebounds out of her hands and springing brutal double-team traps to force turnovers.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2024
• As the testing period was outside of the main hunting seasons, knives were put through the wringer in our kitchens and doing chores around the farm—skinning and gutting included.
  — Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2022
• Jill Biden has been run through the wringer of ritual denunciation for saying that Latinos in Texas are special and unique, like . . .
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 13 July 2022
• The company has been through the wringer over the past year with a slumping stock price, successive quarters of weak earnings pulled down by losses in its streaming division.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 Apr. 2024
• Fitbit owners have been through the wringer this past year as Google works on integrating Fitbit and its services into its ecosystem.
  — Victoria Song, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2023
• Each panel member put each of our candidates for best background check service through the wringer in terms of testing their websites, process and amount of public records searched for background checks.
  — Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2022
• Everyone knew that Stability AI was going through the wringer.
  — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
• Families of 9/11 victims have been put through the wringer this year while pursuing compensation.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2022
• These complex emotions and high levels of distress can really put a couple’s relationship through the wringer.
  — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 28 Dec. 2022
• But before his talent and potential were the focus of fan and evaluator scrutiny, Sewell watched his college teammate Justin Herbert go through the wringer.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2021
• Celebrity couples have been through the wringer, from breakups to makeups and permanent separations resulting in divorce.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 15 Dec. 2023
• The monster makes no logical sense anatomically, but despite that Gigan has managed to put Godzilla through the wringer like few other adversaries.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2023
• Over the last few months, our diverse group of testers (including new parents tackling baby messes; New Yorkers cramped in tiny apartments; and pet owners managing smelly surprises from their furry friends) put 124 items through the wringer.
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 17 Apr. 2024
• From measurements to texture, absorbency, and durability, these towels were (literally) put through the wringer for you.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2023
• In the second half of Oppenheimer, Nolan sends his protagonist through the wringer of political harassment, evoking the atrocity of the January 6 show trials, but Nolan is more sympathetic to the victim.
  — Armond White, National Review, 21 July 2023
• The fourth season has particularly put Noho Hank (Anthony Carrigan) through the wringer, as the formerly lovable gangster ensures his own safety at the unthinkable cost of his boyfriend’s life.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 May 2023

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024