wrung
Verb
The word is derived from wring
Meaning
of Wring
imp. & p. p. of Wring.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by the few -- the selfsame few who wrung dollars out of blood in the war. The general public shoulders the bill.
The Tories in England had long imagined that they were enthusiastic about the monarchy, the church and beauties of the old English Constitution, until the day of danger wrung from them the confession that they are enthusiastic only about rent.
When I warned the French that Britain would fight on alone whatever they did, their generals told their prime minister and his divided cabinet, 'In three weeks England will have her neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken some neck.
If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel - nothing at all. The best things arrive on time.
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung.
She had trapped the bird of salvation, sung to it, tamed it and wrung its neck.