wrest|wrests in English

noun

forceful pull; winding, bending; twist, kink; forceful capture; tuning key for musical instruments

Use "wrest|wrests" in a sentence

1. to wrest the truth out of sb.

2. I tried to wrest the gun from his hands.

3. They plotted to wrest power from the king.

4. The officer managed to wrest the gun from his grasp.

5. The men had returned to wrest back power.

6. I managed to wrest the photograph from his grasp.

7. You wrest my words out of their real meaning.

8. A security guard managed to wrest the gun from the man.

9. They attempted to wrest control of the town from government forces.

10. Government forces are in a fierce fight to wrest Zawiya from rebel control .

11. They are fighting to wrest control of the party from the old leaders.

12. They had struggled to wrest a living from the arid soil.

13. The shareholders are planning to wrest control of the company from the current directors.

14. The rebels tried to wrest control of the town from government forces.

15. 28 They are fighting to wrest control of the party from the old leaders.

16. 12 Until now,many peasants have to work hard to wrest a living from the soil.

17. Until now,many peasants have to work hard to wrest a living from the soil.

18. He was attacked by a security man who tried to wrest away a gas cartridge.

19. Dudley also dropped one pass and watched Ray Lewis wrest away another for an interception.

20. Overall, it took a good many years for the primaries to wrest control from the bosses.

21. Feet braced, back arched, she put both hands on the machine, trying to wrest it back.

22. 18 Dudley also dropped one pass and watched Ray Lewis wrest away another for an interception.

23. The Path to Authenticity starts from the assertion that we wrest our true power from our individuality

24. Only the inner satellites were its permanent property; the Sun could never wrest them from its grasp.

25. Yet basically it was a team of people trying to wrest power, not a populist-based overthrow.