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wrest
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
wrests; wrested; wresting
wrests; wrested; wresting
Learner's definition of WREST
[+ object]
1
: to pull (something) away from someone by using violent twisting movements抢夺；夺走
- She wrested the gun/knife/weapon (away) from her attacker.她从袭击者手中夺过了枪/刀/武器。
2
: to take (something) from someone with much effort努力取得；夺得
- He tried to wrest control of the company from his uncle.他试图从他叔叔手中夺得公司控制权。
- The peasants wrested power (away) from the nobility.农民们从贵族手中夺取了权力。
wrested; wresting; wrests
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Verb He tried to wrest control of the company from his uncle. the boy wrested the book out of his sister's hands
Recent Examples on the Web
Hannah Schoenbaum, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2022 But with the commission deadlocked, another outcome appeared increasingly likely: Eight years after New Yorkers voted to take redistricting out of the hands of politicians, the politicians are poised to wrest it back. Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2022 Tonight’s bruising hour suggests the answer: Because fail-children are still children, unable to wrest themselves from their parents’ toxic influence. Scott Tobias, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2021 All will be challenged to fight for playing time and wrest it from the veteran players. Dom Amore, courant.com, 3 Nov. 2021 The battle begins Last spring Epic began sharpening its plan to wrest itself from Apple’s fees and control. Tim Higgins, WSJ, 24 Apr. 2021 Lawsuits are piling up at Newsweek, as the principal players at the nearly 90-year-old media outlet trade accusations of wrongdoing and its former parent company tries to wrest back control. Alexandra Bruell, WSJ, 29 July 2022 If Ukrainian forces are able to wrest back control of areas like Kherson, which fell in the war’s earliest days, officials say the immediate concern may lie in knitting back together communities shattered by the war’s violence. Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022 Even some Democrats are reluctant to impose mask mandates, while Republicans trying to wrest back control of the State Senate and governor’s office continue to cast even relatively modest steps by Democratic officials as overreach. New York Times, 22 Dec. 2021 See More
Verb
That dominance held even in 2020 despite a massive effort by Democrats to wrest control of the General Assembly. Hannah Schoenbaum, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2022 But with the commission deadlocked, another outcome appeared increasingly likely: Eight years after New Yorkers voted to take redistricting out of the hands of politicians, the politicians are poised to wrest it back. Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2022 Tonight’s bruising hour suggests the answer: Because fail-children are still children, unable to wrest themselves from their parents’ toxic influence. Scott Tobias, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2021 All will be challenged to fight for playing time and wrest it from the veteran players. Dom Amore, courant.com, 3 Nov. 2021 The battle begins Last spring Epic began sharpening its plan to wrest itself from Apple’s fees and control. Tim Higgins, WSJ, 24 Apr. 2021 Lawsuits are piling up at Newsweek, as the principal players at the nearly 90-year-old media outlet trade accusations of wrongdoing and its former parent company tries to wrest back control. Alexandra Bruell, WSJ, 29 July 2022 If Ukrainian forces are able to wrest back control of areas like Kherson, which fell in the war’s earliest days, officials say the immediate concern may lie in knitting back together communities shattered by the war’s violence. Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022 Even some Democrats are reluctant to impose mask mandates, while Republicans trying to wrest back control of the State Senate and governor’s office continue to cast even relatively modest steps by Democratic officials as overreach. New York Times, 22 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English wrasten, wresten, from Old English wrǣstan; akin to Old Norse reista to bend and probably to Old English wrigian to turn — more at wry
First Known Use
Verb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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