as in twisting
a forceful rotating or pulling motion for the purpose of dislodging something
a firm wringing of the shoe got it off
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as in squeezing
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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as in earning
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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as in pulling
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 prying
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 wringing
Alison Weinflash, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
Most of the celebration and hand wringing over Moore’s law focuses on the ever-shrinking silicon transistor.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2017
Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
As the complaining businesses are no doubt wringing their hands over the setback, shoppers are also bemoaning the havoc that tariffs have wreaked on their pocketbooks as the final week of holiday shopping ramps up.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 16 Dec. 2025
Cal fans are wringing their hands in fear that Sagapolutele, one of the nation’s most promising young quarterbacks, could transfer in reaction to the coaching change.
—Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
With everyone following Neal’s lead, Lindsay realized that other than her and Doherty, no one was interested in wringing much out of Amazon.
—Sean Patrick Cooper, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
Haiti, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic’s steep terrain will force air upward, wringing out more moisture from the storm, just like squeezing a wet sponge, turning tropical humidity into torrents racing downhill.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
For the past several years, writers and pundits have been wringing their hands over how few men are supposedly writing and reading fiction today.
—Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Whatever minor hand-wringing the opening of the 113-room hotel may have caused, it’s been widely embraced in the few years since opening.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 4 Sep. 2025
They’re all designed to grab your attention by sounding the alarm, then close with a hand-wringing quote from someone who probably missed the last bull run.
—Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
There was a lot of gnashing of teeth, wringing of hands.
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Take advantage of the scorching, sunny days in late spring or summer by wringing out excess water and placing your drying rack outside in direct sunlight.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for wringing
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The Bagail 6-piece Compression Packing Cube Set is just $19 and a game-changer for squeezing extra outfits into a carry-on.—
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To check for ripeness, start by squeezing the fruit—ripe mangos should give slightly under pressure without feeling overly soft or mushy.—
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While many wealthier Americans have enjoyed years of double-digit stock market gains, advancing home prices and rising wages, those earning less have been squeezed by the combination of higher prices, debt and a slowing job market.—
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Current court battles include players seeking to play longer, without lower-college seasons counting against their eligibility, and earning NIL money while doing it.—
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As his career skyrocketed, Chalamet spent years quietly training — aided by an expert on the sport, Diego Schaaf — by pulling a table-tennis setup along to productions ranging from Dune to Wonka.—
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Notre Dame didn’t mess around in pulling all that material together, looking like a program with a plan before the portal opened.—
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Surveillance video shows two suspects arriving in a car, getting out with crowbars, and prying open the restaurant's front door.—
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Water that seeps into small cracks or gaps around homes can freeze and expand, slowly prying open concrete, damaging driveways, sidewalks, and steps, and even compromising foundations.—
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Six of them — in an odd twist of fate — won Super Bowl LVI with the Rams following the 2021 season.—
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Midwestern bakeries have embraced the tradition, giving it an American twist with additional flavors like custard, chocolate, lemon, blueberry and more.—
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The Barrio 18 and MS-13 gangs are rivals, battling for territorial control in Guatemala by extorting shopkeepers, transport workers and civilians.—
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The couple allegedly asked customers’ family members to send original passports to them and then frequently refused to return the passports unless customers paid hundreds of dollars more, effectively extorting them, Ellison’s office said.—
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Therefore Primate and its promising central character turns more into a typical slasher flick, repeatedly knocking off the swimsuit-wearing teens one by one, his specialty being yanking out jaws and other bloody grossouts.—
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Keep the movement coming from your ribs, rotating, not by yanking your neck.—
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While heavy crude oil is what is predominantly being drilled for today, its viscous consistency and high levels of metals and sulfur mean extracting and refining this product is significantly more costly than its light crude counterpart.—
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To achieve the effect of Alma extracting the worm from Elvira’s mouth, Foldberg and his team created several silicone worm pieces and then fed them through a contraption attached to the side of Myren’s face.—
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“Wringing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wringing. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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