How to Use wring in a Sentence

wring

verb
  • I wrung the towel and hung it up to dry.
  • I wrung my hair and wrapped it in a towel.
  • There’s been much hand wringing about the state of the It bag.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Rinse the cloth with water, wring it out and wipe away the residue.
    Lynn Redmile, Good Housekeeping, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The kids had to take breaks to wring out their jackets and pants.
    Rachel Kushner, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022
  • But first, Klaren would wring some of it out for his next hay crop.
    Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Just sit on the thing, press the electric start button and wring the right hand grip.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Torts’s turn to wring the marrow out of a team of misfit toys.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The hills scoop the wet air upwards, wringing out its rain.
    The Economist, 27 June 2019
  • Plunge the dill into the ice bath to stop the cooking, then remove and wring dry.
    Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2022
  • Cottam stages the crowd scenes well and manages to wring a few hearty laughs.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Dip and then wring out a rag and gently dab or wipe the sticky areas.
    Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 25 June 2021
  • Most folk, out-take Nack, reckoned the qualm was a tale the priests wrought up to wring out our silver.
    Clair Wills, The New York Review of Books, 16 Jan. 2020
  • The past year wrung us out, and now Arizona was hanging us out to dry with a bad start.
    Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The players used this delay to wring a new set of concessions out of the league.
    Sam Anderson, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2020
  • This will wick away moisture – and there will be more moisture to wring out.
    Bonnie S. Benwick, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Mice have been a problem in the past, but Dutch farmers no longer wring their hands and weep for their fields.
    Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 25 July 2019
  • Be sure to rinse and wring out the cleaning cloth or mop frequently.
    Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2021
  • To wring the mop, pull it taut and twist it against the ratcheting mechanism.
    Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2022
  • But y’know, there’s more trauma to wring out of his Black dad leaving his white mom.
    Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Many scenes try to wring laughs out of his vanity, but the dad-bod jokes all go over like dad jokes.
    Kyle Smith, National Review, 7 July 2021
  • The agency was supposed to wring the maximum amount of timber from the land.
    Kiliii Yüyan, History & Culture, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Then rinse the sponges in cool, soapy water and wring them out completely.
    Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Patting the tofu dry, rather than fully wringing the block, keeps the inside of the nuggets moist.
    Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 23 Sep. 2023
  • We had been wrung out by the Basin, and Matt looked like a skeleton held together with skin.
    Maggie Slepian, Longreads, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The car is comfy when loping along and predictable when wrung out.
    Sam Smith, Car and Driver, 25 Aug. 2023
  • There will be hand-wringing anew about the violent NFL and what can be done.
    Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 19 Nov. 2019
  • If not, there’s going to be a lot of hand wringing on Toomer’s Corner.
    Joe Williams, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 14 Sep. 2019
  • The interaction between the mountains and the storm systems wrings more moisture out of the air, Clark, Maue and Corbosiero said.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The Harris campaign is wringing its hands over fears that, even with the prospect of electing a Black woman as president, her support from African American voters is lagging.
    Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 16 Oct. 2024

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