1. wringing - Noun
2. wringing - Verb
of Wring
a. & n. from Wring, v.
Source: Webster's dictionaryLiterature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands of living on their nerves, wringing out their memories and their nightmares to extract meaning, truth, beauty. Herbert Gold
What is nobler than a man wresting and wringing his bread from the stubborn soil by the sweat of his brow and the break of his back for his wife and children! William Morris Hunt
Sometimes... sometimes keeping alive is too tiring," she whispered, wringing her hands. Before he knew what he was doing, he pressed his lips against her brow. "Don't ever say that. Ever. Melina Marchetta
You can't prepare for everything life's going to throw at you. And you can't avoid danger. It's there. The world is a dangerous place, and if you sit around wringing your hands about it, you'll out on all the adventure. Jeannette Walls
. . . when the locked door opens, and there comes in a young woman, deadly pale, and with long fair hair, who glides to the fire, and sits down in the chair we have left there, wringing her hands. Charles Dickens
No doubt the distinction is salient to some, but specifying the difference might save someone the angst of wringing one’s hands over a legitimate confirmation email, subsequent to a requested passwd reset. Source: Internet