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1. wring
verb. ['ˈrɪŋ'] twist and press out of shape.
Antonyms
Etymology
- wringan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Wring
- kwok-shing
- yenching
- upswing
- qingming
- ginting
- chongqing
- chang-ming
- xiaoping
- unring
- string
- spring
- peking
- mei-ling
- beijing
- thwing
- swing
- sting
- sling
- schwing
- pring
- kring
- kling
- gring
- fling
- dring
- cling
- bring
- zing
- ying
How do you pronounce wring?
Pronounce wring as rɪŋ.
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Sentences with wring
1. Verb, gerund or present participle
Dip a clean cloth or sponge in plain water and wring it out well.
Quotes about wring
1. Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.
- Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
2. He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world.She was the book thief without the words.Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like rain.
- Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
3. Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds -- justifications, confirmations, forms of consolation without which they can't go on. To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner.
- Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat
2. wring
verb. ['ˈrɪŋ'] twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish.
Antonyms
Etymology
- wringan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
3. wring
verb. ['ˈrɪŋ'] twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid.
Antonyms
Etymology
- wringan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. wring
verb. ['ˈrɪŋ'] obtain by coercion or intimidation.
Antonyms
Etymology
- wringan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))