Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
wrench . - noun The act by which something is wrenched.
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- adjective causing great physical or mental suffering
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Examples
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Mr. Obama said he is confident that both sides can agree to his goal of a secure Jewish state of Israel and a sovereign state of Palestine, but warned that it will require what he called "wrenching compromise" from both sides.
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Mr. Obama said he is confident that both sides can agree to his goal of a secure Jewish state of Israel and a sovereign state of Palestine, but warned that it will require what he called "wrenching compromise" from both sides.
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They will crimp economic growth and require what he calls wrenching changes.
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Museum of Art before retiring at the end of 2008, in what he called a wrenching decision.
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This story while heart wrenching is probably not true.
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Particularly heart wrenching is this account of Guthrie's wife by one of the rescuers: “I was told that she was shining a flashlight out the window to give him light to work and she turned away for a second and when she looked back the slide came down and hit the back of the house.”
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Particularly heart wrenching is this account of Guthrie's wife by one of the rescuers: “I was told that she was shining a flashlight out the window to give him light to work and she turned away for a second and when she looked back the slide came down and hit the back of the house.”
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And I was caught in the speed of the turns, riding the heat and force of the paddle, crying aloud in short wrenching bursts, the crowd clapping and shouting and chanting.
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He made a violent effort to raise himself into a sitting position, and merely succeeded in wrenching his body painfully.
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In early 2006, Ford dubbed a wrenching restructuring, "The Way Forward."
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