verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
soaking/sopping/wringing wet (= very wet )
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His suit was soaking wet.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
out
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I still have the big iron mangle she used to wring out the clothes.
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Not when they wrung out sheets so tight the rinse water ran back up their arms.
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She wrung out a real tear or two.
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We were able to wring out our socks in the bathroom sink and dry them under the electric hand dryer.
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The twist mop is a modern development of the socket mop with the handle being twisted to wring out the mop.
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On some days he was wrung out to the last drop of whatever else he had left in him.
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Ideally this water should be wrung out into another container and not mixed with fresh rinse water.
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He believes companies will continue to surprise the market with their ability to keep wringing out costs.
■ NOUN
hand
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Yet the standing ovations and hand-wringing subservience she generates would make you think she'd cured cancer.
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He tried to keep going, his hands wringing sounds from the theremin.
neck
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No wonder he looked as if he wanted to wring her neck .
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Alma was strong enough to continue wringing the live necks herself.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Sally wrung out the socks and hung them on the towel rack.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But how to wring new information from a few old pieces of vellum and papyrus?
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But you can do more than stand around the coffee bar and wring your hands with your co-workers.
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She was wringing her hands, pulling at her lovely mane of hair.
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They don't haunt because they want to wring their hands and wail about something that happened hundreds of years ago.
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This is when those photographs are taken and published with their phoney captions which not unnaturally wring the hearts of the uninitiated.
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We were able to wring out our socks in the bathroom sink and dry them under the electric hand dryer.
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Whether voicing joyful exuberance or piercing heartbreak, she wrings all passion from the moment.