Wringing

Examples

• We do not hear of his smacking the faces or wringing the wrists of recalcitrant or unresponsive disciples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The housekeeper stood wringing her hands, entreating me to desist. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Affery was the first to move, and she, wringing her hands, pursued her mistress. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Con-signed in a safe quarter,' replied George, wringing the heads off half a dozen shrimps, and swallowing them without any more ado. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Never was such wringing of hands and such overflowing of eyes, since the days of St Niobe, of whom Prior Aymer told us. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Meanwhile Mr Pancks, looking, not without some pity, at Young John, slowly and thoughtfully twisted up his canvas bag as if he were wringing its neck. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I shall be sure to be with you, sir,' said Mr. Trotter; and wringing Sam's hand with the utmost fervour, he walked away. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Isn't he wringing the life-blood out of you? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Not unto me the strength be ascribed; not unto me the wringing of the expiation! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Letty, I am ashamed of you, said her mother, wringing out the caps from the tub. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Yes, certainly,' replied Mr. Pickwick, wringing the water from his head and face, and gasping for breath. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I groped on the floor, wringing my hands wildly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Oh, my dear Sophronia,' cried Georgiana, wringing her hands as she ran up to embrace her, 'to think that you and Alfred should be ruined! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Very often, night after night, my clothes will be wringing wet. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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