Wrested
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Wrest
Editor: Ryan
Examples
- They drew and painted on the cliffs and cave walls that they had wrested from the Neanderthal men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The last blessing of humanity was wrested from us; we might no longer hope. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The brave boy's act of chivalrous self-sacrifice filled me with pride, nor did I care that it had wrested from us our last frail chance for escape. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- When I came here today, I thought that nothing could have wrested this confession from me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Spain also was wrested bit by bit from the Carthaginian grip. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Lee's army had to be strengthened to enable it to maintain its position, no matter what territory was wrested from the South in another quarter. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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