Wrenching
['rentʃiŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrench
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Examples
- He appeared to be wrenching at it, or bending it with all his strength. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Georgy got one, wrenching it off, having swarmed up the pole to the delight of the spectators, and sliding down with the rapidity of a fall of water. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He knew that all his life he had been wrenching at the frame of life to break it apart. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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