wrung 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of wrungnext
as in parched

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wrung

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verb

past tense of wring
1
as in squeezed
to get (as money) by the use of force or threats that bill collector is willing to do anything to wring money out of deadbeats

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2
as in earned
to get with great difficulty after years of trying to wring a decent profit out of the business, he is finally giving up

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3
as in pulled
to move by or as if by a forceful rotation I'm so mad I could wring your neck

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as in pried
to draw out by force or with effort willing to use torture if necessary in order to wring the information out of the terrorist

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrung
  1. parched
  2. earned
  3. pulled
  4. sere
  5. exacted
  6. plucked
  7. sunbaked
  8. dry
Adjective
  • The combination of ferocious winds and a parched landscape created ideal conditions for the fast-moving fires that have consumed large swaths of Los Angeles this week.
    Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • In this case, extremely wet conditions are followed almost immediately by parched weather patterns, typically accompanied by above average temperatures.
    Andrew Freedman, Axios, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of parched
Verb
  • According to the lawsuit the BOP has unlawfully treated credits earned under FSA as discretionary rather than a mandate clearly stated in the law.
    Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • In the 50 years since the ATP Tour started its singles ranking system, not a single player from Tibet had earned a single ranking point.
    Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of earned
Verb
  • But David kept fighting and pulled fire away from landing Medevac helicopters, getting evacuated himself after the last helicopter landed.
    JOSH BOAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 4 Jan. 2025
  • My wanting was the leash that pulled me through my life.
    Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of pulled
Adjective
  • Playwright-screenwriter Alice Birch has composed a superheated adaptation that’s anything but sere.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Seidensticker pointed out Kawabata’s ties to Japanese poetry: This was prose of a sere, haiku-like delicacy and suggestiveness, with much implied and little specified.
    Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
Definition of sere
Verb
  • The second aspect that is overlooked is that Israeli systematic attacks against the Syrian Army in the past two or three years have exacted a heavy toll on the decision-making, on the infrastructure, on the morale, on the units, on the leadership.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
  • However, the nearly three years of Europe's largest land war since World War II have exacted a grim toll on both sides.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of exacted
Verb
  • These players cost a lot of money, that is true, but they were also plucked by a recruitment team established after a challenging first summer for the owners where the correct type of players were not hired.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Protesters aren’t just swept up during protests; since July, the authorities have plucked low-profile demonstrators from their homes days after they were seen on the street.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of plucked
Adjective
  • Eventually, baseball—the sport of sunbaked afternoons, a sport made beautiful and strange by its exposure to the elements—may be unrecognizable.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024
  • By mid-morning, the sunbaked terrace is flooded with tourists and townspeople drinking palest rosé before lunch service begins in earnest.
    Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2024
Definition of sunbaked
Adjective
  • Silva suggests tools and techniques like Gua Sha and dry brushing.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Outside of the chance of furies before sunrise on Monday, the weather service said the rest of the week will likely remain dry and quiet.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of dry
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