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wrung

American  
[ruhng] / rʌŋ /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of wring.

wrung British  
/ rʌŋ /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of wring

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Other Word Forms

  • unwrung adjective

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All of these jornaleros knew each other, maybe not by their real names, but by nicknames, usually wrung from the place they had lived.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

If Warshow wrung a sizable reputation out of a small body of work, he also stuffed his very short life with experience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

The speculative leverage has been wrung out of this market for months.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025

Last year, theater owners and industry professionals wrung their hands as Memorial Day box office performance tanked.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2025

She was dirty, she smelled, and when she wrung the cloth, dark water spilled out.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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