How to Use put through in a Sentence
put through
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About all the ways this show has been put through the ringer.
— Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Aug. 2023 -
When it was put through a rolling process, each grain of wheat emerged as a large, thin flake.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2024 -
Hoover said he was put through a runaround that left him with nothing.
— Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Feb. 2021 -
So for two days, I’m getting put through the paces as a greenhorn, a.k.a.
— Ashley Boucher, EW.com, 11 June 2024 -
She’s really put through the paces in this movie, but ...
— Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023 -
This time, a woman is put through the boxing-movie stations of the cross.
— Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023 -
These rods have already been put through the paces and make great combos.
— Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 13 June 2024 -
Engines are overhauled and put through their paces on a test stand.
— David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2023 -
Isabella in the Shakespeare text has been put through a wringer.
— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023 -
And on an even bigger note: Why did my body have to be put through so much trauma for years?
— Annie Daly, Allure, 9 July 2024 -
Even the Stark brood got to chase cats or swoon over princes for a few episodes before getting put through the wringer by the Lannisters.
— Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024 -
At the very least, fees should be put through the mission-critical filter.
— Nicholas Ladany, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024 -
Starting pitcher Bobby Miller was put through the ringer first.
— Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2023 -
The drop top has already been put through its paces on the historic Lime Rock Park racing circuit, too.
— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2023 -
In an interview for a job at Jane Street, a trading firm, he’s put through a day of slantwise games.
— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2023 -
This is especially true for countries that have been put through the ringer.
— Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 1 May 2022 -
Plus, they were put through physical challenges to make this movie.
— Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2023 -
As part of the testing, the capsules are first put through the wringer at the National Buoyancy Lab in Houston.
— Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2023 -
Smack in the middle is Asaf, whom the play proceeds to put through a tribal-political wringer that leaves him — and left me — a limp dishrag.
— Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024 -
In 2020, one director told me, an actor friend was put through the wringer of a boycott campaign on Twitter.
— Samanth Subramanian, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022 -
In a video posted by the team, Higgins can be seen admiring Combs’ new watch as his teammates are put through their paces in the background.
— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Aug. 2024 -
And hey, Zoë Kravitz and her claws don’t need to be put through another cancellation.
— Vulture, 18 Mar. 2022 -
This series follows the band members as they are put through the original K-pop training process for 100 days.
— Patrick Frater, Variety, 17 July 2024 -
Yeti coolers are engineered to be put through tough conditions and still get the job done at the highest level.
— Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 5 Oct. 2023 -
Psychiatrists say that for many people who have been put through the wringer over the past decade, the climate extremes are one crisis too many.
— Jason Horowitz, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023 -
The video shows the robotic yak being put through its paces across a desert with a person controlling it by remote control.
— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2022 -
The process used about 8 million bottles worth of glass that was taken down to a fine powder, then put through a heating process to become a foaming agent.
— Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 23 June 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 -
It’s then put through an ice-water extraction process and further refined using a press.
— Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024 -
All six cities applied to host before the closing date on June 21, and now they will be put through a series of challenges testing their charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent.
— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024
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