| 单词 | wrench |
| 例句 | He went straight to the Mother, grasped the sword with his gloved hand, and wrenched it free of the burning wood with a single hard jerk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He scurried over with three glasses of fruit juice before busding off to wrench a broken beer bottle out of someone’s hand. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Travis unhooked the electrical connection from the starter motor and clanked around with the wrench until he got onto the other bolt. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He checked the teeth of a young buck he had never seen before, wrenching the boy’s jaw to get a good look, and nodded in approval. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z My stomach wrenches, and I have this sudden sinking feeling that I might burst into tears. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z A window at ground level, obviously opening on a cellar, was being wrenched apart with a crash of glass and a screech of tearing wood. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z They were six weeks away from Operation Peacock, and this was a serious wrench in the monkey works. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z And then the rope tilted upward and he felt his shoulders come clear and his mouth was wrenched open in a great gasp as he breathed air and knew that he had just made it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Lightly, easily, as if it were the most ordinary thing in the world, she stretched up her right arm and wrenched off one of the cross-bars of the lamp-post. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He felt Quirrell's arm wrenched from his grasp, knew all was lost, and fell into blackness, down ... down ... down ... Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Toregg wrenched the knife away from his attacker, dragged both men from the press, and sent them back to the wildling camp to start again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was a final, wrenching tug on my backpack. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I even started two games at fullback after Shandra collided with Dolly in practice and wrenched Dolly’s back. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In one move, Finn wrenched the knife from Junior’s hand and twisted his arm behind his back. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z In kindergarten, kids would call me “Marble Mouth” because I spoke in a garbled voice, my bound tongue wrenching itself to move in the right ways. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The knight ran ahead of me, darting in and out of the trees, clutching his side, wrenched with pain. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He climbs into the cockpit with his wrench box. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Sharpened stakes were wrenched from the ground, planks were dropped across deep ditches, and the stockade gates were thrown wide. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The boy who I now know is Day lets out a wrenching scream and charges at the nearest soldier even as they close in around him. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Henry’s legs fall open readily and Alex crowds up between them, wrenching Henry’s head back into another searing kiss. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He made a violent effort to raise himself into a sitting position, and merely succeeded in wrenching his body painfully. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z As the werewolf wrenched itself free of the manacle binding it, the dog seized it about the neck and pulled it backward, away from Ron and Pettigrew. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Brian grabbed the wheel and pulled it back, too hard again, and the plane went through another series of stomach- wrenching swoops up and down before he could get it under control. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z At the rear of the bus, the driver wrenched a big chunk of smoking metal out of the engine compartment. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Then I added the words I found hard to wrench from my prideful heart. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tony, here, take the wrench and let me hold the flashlight,” his dad says. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He wrenched off his helm and slammed it down onto the ground. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She wrenched the bat out of the thing’s grip, planted a foot behind her, and swung hard as it barreled toward her again. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z In the end, Gordievsky made the lonely and wrenching decision of the double agent: to save his own life. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Ron, going still paler with pain, wrenched his broken leg out of Pettigrew’s reach. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z But the action was cut off by a loud wrenching sound from above, followed by the groan and squeal of hydraulics. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She wrenched open doors and marched along corridors with Harry trotting miserably behind her. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Strong hands wrenched Rabadash's sword from him and he was carried away into the castle, shouting, threatening, cursing, and even crying. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the Depression, when wrenching need narrowed the parameters of experience as never before, the liberation offered by the racehorse was, to young men like Pollard and Woolf, a siren song. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her spear caught between two trees and brought her to a jolting halt before she wrenched it free and kept running. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A German chambermaid named Caroline Klausmann had tended the children’s room and observed the same wrenching scenes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Abiyoyo strained, and with a wrenching twist and another roar, he pulled free of the sap. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z In the last few years we were wrenched away from this way of looking at it, and arrived at something like general agreement that we had it wrong. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The evening could still be wrenched from the jaws of failure. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Styx took the wrenches and went to work on the broken wheel. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Using her walking stick as a prod, she pushed the man away and wrenched her wrist free from his grasp. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, glad something can wrench you from politics.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He sprang out from behind the tree, seized Basta, and tried to wrench the gun from his hands. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The Commandant graduates us, and the cheer that erupts out of the new Masks, raw and relieved, is what wrenches me from my thoughts. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He managed to wrench the axe free and lurch clumsily out of the way. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I resist the temptation to wrench my arm free. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He unscrewed the bottom panel and he removed the burner assembly and disconnected the two burners with a small crescent wrench. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I got Dad his knife with the carved bone handle and the blade of blue German steel, and he gave me a pipe wrench, and we went looking for Demon. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “And a waterslide!” said Brown Fur, who was pulling random tools out of Leo’s belt, tossing aside wrenches, hammers, and staple guns. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He leaped back to the driver’s door and wrenched it open. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Francie was sure that Mama was right about the pennies being safest in the bank, yet it was a wrench to let those golden pennies drop down into the darkness. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrenched himself away from me, spurted across the road, and tumbled down Purgatory Hill. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the door was wrenched open, and Kaede’s father was standing outside, the rain running down his face. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He thought he’d reeled in yet another brown trout, and it turns out he’s got a thirty-pound salmon struggling to wrench itself off his barbed fishhook. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She wrenched it off, stuffing it into the cloak’s interior pocket — but the pocket was not empty. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z An electronic river of true pain had sprung up in that period of national soul-searching, far deeper than I’d imagined, and it was wrenching to have so much of it run literally through my fingers. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as the pig wrenched the statue loose from its pedestal, I let go. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z With the other he wrenched the dagger from her grasp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Scythe Curie smacked the camera so hard, it wrenched the man’s whole body around, and he nearly dropped it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Then Henry grabbed his son’s chin and wrenched it upwards. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I picked up the wrench and changed the washer. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I tried one last time to wrench myself away, but my knees, the traitors, buckled under me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z My breath hitches at what I see laid bare in his gaze: a wrenching knowledge, a bitter understanding of pain that I know well. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I set one foot against him, pulling hard to wrench my weapon from the wound, then left it, butt-end on the ground. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I look around for smoke and flames, but instead of a fire, I see a grinning fireman descending from the truck carrying a big wrench and an even bigger radio. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z To keep the can from floating she weighed it down with a wrench. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z How do you thank a brother who refused to let you go, who seized your hand and wrenched you upward, just as you had decided to stop kicking and sink? Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Maybe if I bled, I’d feel something more than this wrenching grief. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z On a low hill the gravestones tilt crazily, as if trying to wrench loose from the soil. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The guards took hold of him to wrench him loose, but he clung on with astonishing strength. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Drogon wrenched his arm from his shoulder and tossed it aside as a dog might toss a rodent in a rat pit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He looked at me with consternation as my coughing subsided to spluttering and then, finally, to painful wrenching hiccups. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Next thing he knew, he was being wrenched inside the common room by about a dozen pairs of hands, and was facing the whole of Gryffindor House, all of whom were screaming, applauding, and whistling. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A great wave drove at him with toppling crest spinning him round, in one tremendous blow, and he went plunging overboard, the oar-haft wrenched from his grip. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark wished he had more than a wrench in his hands. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Asha wrenched the axe out of the table and flung it back down at the dancers, to whistles and loud cheers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His wrenched shoulder-blade, untreated and unrested, went from bad to worse, till finally Hal shot him with the big Colt’s revolver. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind screamed at her and wrenched at her cloak, trying to pull her over the edge. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I turn it over and examine it, then wrench it open. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We could hear the ship’s whistle blowing constantly, and there were sounds of metal wrenching and much shouting. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the bamboo leaves clung to the bamboos in the sparse clump to the east of the house, and even though the wind wrenched the stems double, the leaves clung. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Dimple wrenched her elbow away from him, heat flooding her cheeks. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It was as if an alien hand had reached right inside where no hand had a right to be, and wrenched at something deep and precious. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Wouldn’t Aunt Ivy get a wrench in her whalebone corset to see me dolled up? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I feel the urge, familiar now, to wrench myself from my body and speak directly into her mind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Out on the lake a man’s motorboat had stalled; the man was bent over the engine with a wrench and a frown. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z With the quick thinking and courage of the very best knights from the very best storybooks, Sir Will wrenched the grate off the bottom of the vent. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Surprise and pain made the man loosen his grip on me slightly, and I wrenched away. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Then she stood up, incautiously this time, and wrenched all the steel hairpins from her tightly bound hair. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z This year’s festival is packed, but remembering Darin, I feel wrenchingly alone. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But most of the wrenching guilt I now felt had to do with Mrs. Gilmore, and the knowledge that my actions had gotten her killed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He leaned down and wrenched open a drawer at the bottom of the case. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He wrenches my head back, and I stare into his pale yellow eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Bridge and Tab were standing outside Tab’s apartment door, Tab feeling for her keys in her book bag, when the door was wrenched open from the inside. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z We found life vests, two short-arm paddles, a plastic milk crate filled with rope, binoculars, a bent screwdriver, a wrench kit and a rusty hammer, and a long-dead muskrat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He gripped the fang that was spreading poison through his body and wrenched it out of his arm. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z There was a great wrenching as the wings caught the pines at the side of the clearing and broke back, ripping back just outside the main braces. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered what went through his mind that wrenched him awake. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed a couple of wrenches out of the toolbox and headed for the stairs. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you change your mind, meet me you-know-where at sunset,” the boy said, “and bring a socket wrench.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard a wrenching screech: they were ripping open a crate. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Heaving up again, wrenching away from the pain, she bent her writhing limbs beneath her and sprang backwards in a convulsive leap. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Harry spat, trying to wrench himself free of Ron and Hermione. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The foreman slapped Shin’s face and took his wrench. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I put my full weight behind the wrench, and the bolt begins to turn. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There was a bunch of tools gone: a chain saw, a drill set, a wrench set. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It takes me a moment to realize what I’m looking at—when I do, I wrench my eyes away and wobble forward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z But when they saw a black face first, they were also quicker to call a wrench a gun. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Then I reach into our tool drawer and pull a wrench from the pile of dollar-store tools. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Do you know that? Now keep your stupid mouth shut and listen to me. Doc Daneeka wrenched himself away. “Don’t you dare talk to me like that. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I see my hands grasping the wheel, and I feel strong arms wrenching my legs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As she wrenched it free, a mailed hand grabbed her arm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He gave himself up to them now for the first time on the island; great, shuddering spasms of grief that seemed to wrench his whole body. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She gave the Assassin’s wrist one last wrench and released her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z None of her old fears could compare with the wrenching loss she had just escaped. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She ignored his doe-eyed expression and stalked over to the tree, wrenching her knife from the bark. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Will twisted his fingers into the young man’s thick, damp hair and wrenched back as hard as he could. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He must have wrenched it in the fall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It wrenched itself free of the other trike’s horn and spun, bashing the triceratops with its thick tail. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Mark did as he was told, pressing his back against the wall on the other side of the door, holding the wrench tightly. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He grabbed a large wrench and swung it as hard as he could, trying to crack open Gong’s skull. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Watching them pat each other on the back and proudly spin their turkeys, examining the carcasses for size and weight, I was back to wrenching regret. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z As Voldemort’s anger throbbed inside him, Harry’s scar threatened to burst with pain, and he wrenched his mind back to his own body, fighting to remain present as the prisoners were pushed over gravel. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Abel picked up each wrench and examined it in the beam of his flashlight. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When the big grey wolf wrenched free, he took most of the creature’s throat out in an explosion of pale rotten meat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Something snagged at his foot and he wrenched it free, snarling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He cannot make it without such a wrench that he is flung one or two centimeters into the air by the recoil. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Hermione cried as Harry wrenched the book from Ron’s leg and retied it shut. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She would’ve expected Mamma to wrench the phone from Papa and deliver unneeded advice. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Enter,” called Dumbledore, but as Harry put out a hand to push the door, it was wrenched open from inside. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I wrench myself free from the man’s grasp and take off running down the block, turning left, then right, trying to lose anyone who might be following me to the Beverly. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The deafening silence that filled the room was broken by the squeal of the wheel handle as Mark wrenched it tighter and tighter. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Art headed through it with the screwdriver, wrench, and sledgehammer clutched in one hand. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z As I tread water, I have to wrench the coil of wire from her fingers, because her final grip on it is so tight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Certainly—a coil of fear wrenched in my stomach—certainly I hadn’t said anything about Bunny. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z No problem: Bronwyn wrenched off the knob and tossed it into the street, and the door creaked open on its own. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Every now and then, one of them would bang on something with a wrench. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z His works wrenched and distorted, as if painted through neurosis. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Her scalp burned as someone grabbed a handful of her hair and wrenched her backwards. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The drüskelle grabbed her arm, and she cried out as it was nearly wrenched from its socket. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He did not know whether the thing was really happening, or whether the effect was electrically produced; but his body was being wrenched out of shape, the joints were being slowly tom apart. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I snapped, wrenching myself out of his grasp. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I’m being wrenched away from my new life, the life of girls. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z His dad didn’t say anything, just twirled a tire wrench back and forth on his thumb like a gunslinger. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He grasped the rifle even as he wrenched free his knife. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z And the woman wrenching out of the male form in the sculpture he made last night? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z "No talking," he said as he wrenched the jug from Ned's hands. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It’s an awesome place, even if the trail climbs in elevation and she feels the wrenching through her whole body. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z As Taran gave a final wrench, the scabbard turned in his hand. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I lean over choking and I can only feel his hand wrench the knife away from my own. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The taxi driver wrenches the wheel to the right, swings around something, drives on. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It had all happened in a blink, and all the while the ghosts were wrenching her out of the doorway, dragging her back inside. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He raked the white fur, and then hooked his claws beneath the edge of Iofur’s helmet and wrenched it forward. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Watching my sister suckle filled me with hatred, and my hot head thought of forcibly wrenching her away from my mother’s lap and sucking the succulent gourd of milk myself. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z "Until the tourney on Prince Joffrey's name day," he said, crossing the room to wrench the dagger from the wood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Once on my feet, I wrenched away and ran for the door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Dallas spotted his sister, Florida, inching her way along the sidewalk, wrenching clumps of weeds and grass and dirt from the ground. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Mars Bar wrenched free and stomped on ahead. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried to wrench free, but Amabel only tightened her fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “It’s a wrench, giving it to you,” said Fred, “but we decided last night, your need’s greater than ours.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The dispensers dangled empty on the wall where the inverted bottles had been wrenched away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Their departure clears enough of a path that I can grab Katherine’s arm and wrench her away from the rest of her suitors without any further violence. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z There were only two, so Gat carried a wrench and I carried a pair of heavy garden shears. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z One wall of the garage was studded with every imaginable size of screwdriver and drill bit, wrench head, and plenty of things I didn’t know the names of. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z A storm of emotions wrenched his gut, twisted and pulled; he wanted to scream, cry, throw up. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He gave her arm a hard wrench, pulling her around and shoving her down onto the bed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Arya slashed at the nearest, but he blocked her with a steel-clad arm, and someone else slammed into her and dragged her to the ground, and a third man wrenched the sword from her grasp. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My mind was consumed with a wrenching need to get out of that room. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He held up his wrench but felt completely ridiculous. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z In 1794, while touring the terrain around the new national capital that would bear his name, he badly wrenched his back while riding. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But she was axeless here, so the best that she could do was try to wrench away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The boy wrenches his trapped arm away from me and throws me to the ground. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It's a gizmo that looks like a jackknife, but really it's a whole bunch of little screwdrivers and wrenches and even a little magnifying glass. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z There’s a tingling feeling that radiates outward from a point below my stomach—wrenching and wonderful and almost unbearable. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He gave Doon a tool belt, too, in which were wrenches and hammers, spools of wire and tape, and tubes of some sort of black goop. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z So while he slept I went down to the barn, got from my father’s workshop a wrench, a pliers, a screwdriver, and a hammer, and went to work. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Very well then, the juice wrenched from the disinfected skin, and then the pulpy liquid had to be diluted with water if I hoped to make the precious oranges last at all. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrenched open the door and as the elf came hurrying up to him, he kicked him right through it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He wrenches me to the side and fires again, hitting Christina in the leg. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He wrenched them apart, but still they struggled to get at each other. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z And when he put his hand on my shoulder, I wrenched away, probably because I was embarrassed by that point too. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Get me that wrench kit from the cabinet,” he said to me. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The wrench crunched into his forearm, which Gong raised just in time to protect his head. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “I’m fine,” she said to Pearl now, and with a wrenching effort she let her daughter go. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sadness and death, she thought, and death and sadness, and it wrenched in her stomach against the soreness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I drew back the whip to bring it down once more, but several pairs of hands seized me midswing, took the whip, wrenched me back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The Spirit Medium raised his walking stick, but Tendai wrenched it away before he could strike his sister. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The second man pinned his arms back while the first strode forward and wrenched the jiggeh away. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Even worse, Vonetta had thrown a king-sized monkey wrench into my plans. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He had forgotten, lost track; he could not now remember whose wands these were; he seemed to remember wrenching them out of someone’s hand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He found the dagger’s hilt and wrenched it free. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I want you right here, now, this minute,” he whined happily, thrusting his hands up under her sweater, but she wrenched loose, trotting a few yards away like a cocky pony. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I bruised the tendon of my heel, wrenching it like a fool when my foot was caught between two boulders, and limped out the afternoon. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z If he’d destroyed his priceless artifact to make a flaming thirty-second helicopter, he was going to track down that stupid snow goddess Khione and smack her with a monkey wrench. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The direwolf wrenched free and came to him as the wight struggled to rise, dark snakes spilling from the great wound in its belly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She wrenched her hand away from him and shoved her chair out of the way, stomping away from the table and out the door with a slam. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He grabbed a screwdriver and a wrench and ran to Angel’s room. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He shoved me backward and then held a wrench up to my face. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I cross the room while he stands there and wrench open the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He tried to sit up and fell back at the wrench of the torn muscles over his stomach. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The stabbing, twisting pain in her muscles, where she had wrenched her arm climbing down the glacier wall. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They were wrenching, sometimes astonishing, an electronic outpouring of breathtaking anger and compassion. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He swung at him and hit only the head and the shark looked at him and wrenched the meat loose. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The news of the castle's fall had come as a wrenching shock. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He begins wrenching my face, like’s he’s trying to pull it off my neck. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z As he wrenched the blade free, he heard a shout. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The hot water was wrenched on high and Moss left his hands underneath it, the heat stinging his skin. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But Herrera had already slipped one under Luke, wrenching his neck. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Her arm was up to throw when he leaped at her and caught her arm and wrenched the pearl from her. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Jethro felt a wrench of pity at her little plea, but he stood before her silent and troubled. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The first time he had wrestled, he nearly got himself kicked off the team, wrenching a boy’s head and throwing him to the ground like he was made of air. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Any one of them could have snapped him up in a moment, wrenched him apart in her claws or carried him high and then hurled him down to the ground to smash in pieces. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It was the contrast that was so wrenching. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We gave Pa a wrench from the church bazaar. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I wrench my mouth free and scream, but screams in Faerie are like birdsong, too common to attract much attention. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The young mouse tried to wrench himself free. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Littlefinger sauntered over to the table, wrenched the knife from the wood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z So with a sigh she wrenched herself away from her glorious reflection. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Granny was abed for six weeks; she had wrenched her back when her slap missed me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time he wrenched free, with snow in his hair and wine stains on his surcoat, Samwell Tarly had gone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He wrenched the telescope out of the door, leaving a hole behind, pulled the magical eyeball out of it, and placed it in his pocket. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Powell varied this by wrenching at the edges of the original hole. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I yelled, pleaded, kicked, but they wrenched the money out of my hand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But Balekin shows his decades of experience, wrenching the sword from Cardan’s hands and knocking him to the ground with the crossbar. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Tally nodded, but her heart wrenched inside her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The door was shut, but I wrenched it open and looked inside. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z He heard a whoosh like something moving through the air, then a wrenching pain shot through his left shoulder. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Suddenly the footsteps came toward the door, which was wrenched open. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He touched the side of his face and then reached down and wrenched the twenty-four-footer into gear. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I watch him closely, rubbing my wrenched arm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Just then my arm is almost wrenched out of its socket by my mother. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I forwarded many of these e-mails to Jesse, which was wrenching for both of us. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A container of IcyHot, a bag of little black specks, five or six heavy-duty bungee cords, a screwdriver, a socket wrench, and a small sledgehammer. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Harry ran the length of the room, skidded to a halt at the door of Kreacher’s cupboard, and wrenched it open. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Even Artemis’s extensive set of Allen wrenches were unable to find purchase in the tiny grooves. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Miles shoved everything but the screwdriver, wrench, and sledgehammer into the duffel bag. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It was violent, loud, and her wrenching caused Sam to do the same, and it was in their hair, all over the floor. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Metal wrenches against metal when she jerks it open. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Not by the bridle, she wouldn’t have. Even though it doesn’t have a bit, it would have hurt her, wrenched her in circles.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Dad emerges from the garage, greasy wrench in hand, clearly still trying to squeeze water from the pipes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Then Payne showed his subjects either a picture of a gun or a picture of a wrench. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z One girl, Magdalena Nogueras, who at sixteen was caught stealing a pig and a wrench from her neighbor, went on to become a principal actress with the National Theater Company of Cuba. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Jam’s head fell against her mother’s shoulder, and Bitter carried her to bed, even though Jam’s weight wrenched at her back. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The most wrenching thing, however, was our shrunken size: three days earlier, when we had ascended this terrain we’d numbered eleven; now there were only six of us. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z So she turned away and wrenched the door open, leaving it ajar as she hurried down the hall to her room. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Then, roaring with rage, he tried to leap to his feet, only to be wrenched back painfully by his nailed tail. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z When I lay down to sleep, I was overcome by a wrenching loneliness. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z O’Brien had wrenched the loose tooth out by the roots. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Blood pouring down his face from a gash on his forehead, Mareth was already wrenching the swords from Shed and Fangor. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z While everyone else was working to smooth the path toward integration, he could be the monkey wrench thrown into the works to slow the process down. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The male figure’s on his back now and it looks like the female figure’s wrenching herself out of him, climbing right out of his chest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Ron wrenched the chain from over his head and cast the locket into a nearby chair. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Instead, he panted, his mouth opening and closing like a fish wrenched from water. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The knight grunted, turning, wrenching his weapon up. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When she didn’t listen, he wrenched her to the side hard, knocking her against the side of the car. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He has me sit down and uses an Allen wrench to loosen the top coupling. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The young man’s head was wrenched sideways, not quite facing the flowers, and even in the shade a single blade of sunlight sparkled against the buckle of his ammunition belt. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Felicia returned from the fields complaining of her wrenched back, her shredded hands, of the clumps of dust she’d swallowed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And this time, with a wrenching crack, the knife shattered and the blade fell in pieces to the ground, to glitter on the stones that were still wet with the rain of another universe. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Donovan was wrenching at the door wildly, when Powell was only half through. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z A heartbeat later, and he wrenched open the door to Doc’s cabin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He heaved the pick into the icy earth, wrenched it free, plunged it in again. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The twitch turned into a wrench when Clarence raised his voice to declare the next one was two-step and Derrick handed his drum to Tree. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A tiny wrench of jealousy twisted up my insides. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The cliff-ghast wrenched off the fox’s head, and fought his brothers for the entrails. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He jumped when a loud clang cracked through the air, followed by the wrenching sound of metal screeching against metal. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z For a long moment there was nothing, but then the body wrenched as suddenly and forcefully as if it had been shocked with a thousand volts. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Her arms were wrenched behind her, and iron shackles with heavy, rusty chains between them were snapped onto her wrists, holding them there. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt like my heart was being wrenched out of my chest. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I wrench my thoughts back to the present. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They had amused and entertained him more than he would have thought possible, over the months, and he realized tonight that the parting would be a real wrench. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The quarryman's son wrenched off his helm and threw it across the yard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Mr. Hopper bolted into the room and grabbed the jar, wrenching Dallas’s hand out of it. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I guess she hadn’t expected class comments to throw a wrench into her lesson plan. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Hazel squirmed, trying desperately to wrench herself free. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z But his diary and two notes found at the camp tell a wrenching story of his desperate and progressively futile efforts to survive. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There were screwdrivers, saws, hammers, clamps, vises, wrenches, pliers. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z With an awful scream he sprang up and wrenched the point out. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Tobias grabs the Dauntless woman by the back of her neck and wrenches her to her feet. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He wrenched one of the bars free and turned toward the camera, brandishing the bar like a sword. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z As he retracted the wrench, the engineers broke into applause. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The landlord seized her roughly by one arm and wrenched her back to her feet, shouting in Volantene, demanding to know who was going to pay for this damage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Suddenly aware of his touch, I wrenched my hand away from his and took the cold wet cloth from his hand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z His head was wrenched sideways, as if loose at the neck, and the dead young man seemed to be staring at some distant object beyond the bell-shaped flowers along the trail. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Fern last: “Surely don’t” She was still looking down at us as if we’d thrown a monkey wrench into her quiet Tuesday evening. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I gripped the sides of the buggy with all the strength I had, ready to wrench free and leap if the buggy slipped deeper into the river. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z If you didn’t let go in time, the pull-back could wrench you off balance and spin you overboard. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z But then she wrenched her arm out of Dimple’s hand and stalked out behind the others. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He’s got some music on low, and he’s putting their bed together with a wrench. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z At the sight of his quizzical, kindly face—so sweet, so agreeable, so glad to see me—something wrenched deep in my chest. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They wrenched off the boots with which she had been trying to kick them, and dumped her down across Winston’s lap, almost breaking his thighbones. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Her jack had wrenched a small gap in the metal, not big enough. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Magically, Archer’s weapons were wrenched from his grasp. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z In desperation I wrenched his ears, pinched him black and blue, but still he continued hollering. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry had not expected it: He wrenched himself free, astonished, keeping his hand over Wormtail’s mouth. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He pulled me across his lap, wrenching my hands free of the wheel, and suddenly he was in the driver’s seat. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In fact, because divorce is such a wrenching, stressful experience, it probably raises one’s risk of death, and thus the reality is quite contrary to the above misleading correlation. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s somehow both sweet and wrenching, and the singer sings it like she means it. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z But then everything came unstuck and Emma wrenched her arms away and Golan began to totter backward, and he stumbled and sat heavily on the rail. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She cried out, wrenched her hand free, and gave him such a push that he fell down. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end there were more than two dozen copies of Inkheart on the piles of firewood, their pages crumpled, their bindings wrenched apart like broken wings. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But Tally jerked to a halt, her arm wrenching in its socket, and she heard the Special’s razor voice curse. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Arya grabbed his leg and tried to drag him back down, but he wrenched loose and ran forward, waving his arms. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He felt the sun on the back of his neck, and his ankle was wrenched. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Taking a deep breath, I gripped the tree tighter and wrenched my gaze away from her saddle shoes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “They come on my place and wrenched up my you-know-what by the posts and flung it all over the yard.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I wrench my eyes upward, without tilting my head—my strategy for holding back tears. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “I swear to god, if your little friend pops out, I’m going to get my stepdad’s tire wrench.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z They struggled for a moment, tugging, till the woman wrenched the weapon from his fingers and clouted him across the temple with its butt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The cart handles were wrenched from his hands, and the cart tipped onto its side. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The facts overwhelmed me and wrenched my already aching belly. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z But she couldn’t stop herself from screaming out as her arms were wrenched behind her back and tied. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He made a desperate, agonizing effort to wrench the top half of his body free. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They didn’t have to be wrenched away from everyone they loved. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Lupin,” muttered Bill, and he ran to the door and wrenched it open. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He wrenched free of their grip and ran, half-blind, for the door. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He wrenched them apart, the muscles of his arms flexing, his face grim. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In ducking, he lifted his hand from the table, just enough for her to wrench away and stand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I wrenched his mouth open and checked his throat. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She could stop all masculine traffic down the hall, with boys’ knees turning to jelly and necks being wrenched as they jerked around to watch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He wrenched the quivering stick from the crack and held it as a spear between him and the white pieces. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He found Shin, wild-eyed and wrench in hand, standing over Gong, whose bloody arm had a lump on it the size of an egg. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He dodges the punch, but instead of trying again, I seize his arm as hard as I can and wrench it to the side. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She had been wrenched from her seat and dragged off a bus by police in front of shocked witnesses. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z He wrapped it six inches above the cut, using a stick to wrench it tight. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But our block has three johnny pumps and a guy with a wrench to turn them on. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z With the sound of crestmares above and the raging sea below, I hold the wrench on the bolt, struggling to set Calliope free. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He tried to wrench free, then he turned and fell to scrabbling on the littered table behind him. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He already had wrenches, but that was the only thing he would have found useful. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The man in black did neither; he simply quick-stepped, wrenched his body erect, continued fighting. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Seth hit him with a crossface and wrenched Luke down to the mat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I turn to see Carlyle holding out a wrench, like somehow he’s been here all along, just waiting for me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z But sickle-cell anemia must have seemed the strangest—for it was hereditary, often appeared in fits and starts, and was accompanied by sudden, wrenching bouts of pain in the bones, joints, and chest. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Then I saw a piece of paper stuck under the big wrench. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He sent his bodyguards after the cameramen, and they wrenched the cassettes out of the cameras: No one was going to argue with the two bruisers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But I myself didn’t cry about Papa, or have any inkling of what was wrenching Mama’s heart, until the next time I saw him, almost a year later. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I dive for the gun, but before I can touch it, he grabs me and wrenches me to the side. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Ron yelled as his heel was wrenched upward once more; he dangled helplessly, upside down, his robes hanging off him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z That is he struggled, but not hard enough to wrench a lady’s fingers. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z As we lurched down National Highway 3, my back felt wrenched already. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Harry watched her out of sight, then crawled under his bed, wrenched up the loose floorboard, and pulled out a large chunk of birthday cake. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Right away the radiators began to clank and pound as if Mr. Vendleri was going at them with a wrench, and the room started to grow warmer. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I tried to wrench my arm away from him. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The bad news was that it wrenched out of my hand when the giant turned, and I was thrown across the arena, weaponless. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z A boy with curly black hair was cursing as he pounded the engine with a wrench. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He waves the silver wrench in his hand and grins. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z He stops next to Caleb, grabs his arm, and wrenches him to his feet. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She feels the tight squeeze on both her arms, but she screams and screams and wrenches away and runs outside, into the street. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But then, out of nowhere, Coach threw a wrench in the plan. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Each time there was a wrench in what felt like my heart. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to wrench my body out of his grasp. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Where the chrome plate had chipped away from the wrench the iron was gritty. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She might worry about money, about a place to stay, about safety, perhaps even about visas, but never with an anxiety that wrenched at her spine. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Zero is the wrench in the works of both great theories. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I wrenched the door open, tripped down the steps, and sprinted across the backyard. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Someone is holding my coat; I try to wrench myself away, but the hands don't let go. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I reached over, grasped the back of his sweat shirt, wrenched, and it came away in my hand. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He sets the wrench on the counter and mumbles, “Follow me.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I could just imagine him high on a gantry, lying on his back like Michelangelo, working with a wrench on the fuel lines of one of his rockets. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She grunted and panted as she wrenched free the closet’s packed-in stuff and tossed it behind her. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He took her elbow, but she wrenched her arm free and walked on, outwardly unmoved by his pleading. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Elodin wrenched off one of the chair’s legs and used it to batter at the tangled green web that stretched across the opening. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When they stopped outside the garden gate she tried to dismount hastily and he had to catch her hand, wrenching her arm back painfully, to prevent her from falling. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He sprinted upstairs and threw himself under the bed, wrenching up the loose floorboard, and grabbed the pillowcase full of his books and birthday presents. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He didn’t stop looking at us as he filed a notch into the harpoon tip with the side edge of a rusty wrench. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Legs seemed all right, but his ribs were hurt bad—he could only take short breaths and then he had a jabbing pain—and his right shoulder seemed to be wrenched somehow. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Doc opened the box on the dashboard and took out a monkey wrench. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a wrenching exposure of our country’s structural divides, most especially the intense, lopsided vulnerability of African Americans and poor people of all races when things got rough. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She was wrenched out of the icy landscape and back into her body, where she was sitting in the empty practice hall, alone on her cushion. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I held the heavy plastic collar around his right ankle while he worked feverishly with needle-nose pliers, a screwdriver, and a hex wrench. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I was tempted to drop it, but I screamed and wrenched the stake. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She wrenched her hand out of mine and sprinted straight for it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They reached out desperately, trying to wrench themselves away from him, but it was no use. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Then I braced myself again to my horrid task, and found by wrenching away tomb-tops one other of the sisters, the other dark one. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Bull’s grip was wrenched loose from Lillian’s throat and Ben saw Mary Anne and Matt fly off and away as he drove his father into the refrigerator. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Simpsons Basement used to be bargain clothes and wrenches. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Ten minutes later they had wrenched their way through the boarded-up doors and were in the car, speeding toward the highway. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She wrenched herself free and rolled across the bed and stood up on the other side. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Still, Sansa wrenched away, from him, and the Hound laughed, and Lady moved between them, rumbling a warning. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Zeus himself inspired me; I wrenched my dogskin helmet off my head, dropped my spear, dodged out of my long shield, ran for the king’s chariot and swung on to embrace and kiss his knees. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Below her feet was a tangle of vines and roots, and she had to be careful where she stepped if she wanted to avoid a turned ankle or wrenched knee. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He grabs my wrist and wrenches me back. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Elinor only just managed to wrench the steering wheel around before the car skidded off the road. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Alex wrenched the gear into first, released the hand brake, and gunned the Jeep forward, shooting over the drive and onto the grass, heading for the airstrip. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The gull speared her arm, ripped at it, wrenched it loose from its hold. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I wrench the dagger out, and Zak groans and staggers back. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “You had every chance in the world and you threw it all away for that—” and I jabbed my wrenched rag toward Grandma’s face watching us petulantly from behind the glass. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The zip fastener had long since been wrenched out of them. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The workers carried oversized wrenches, cranks, and other tools, and were using them to make adjustments on some unseen apparatus beneath the water’s surface. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Harry’s eyes flew open as he wrenched himself back to the present: He was lying on the bank of the lake in the setting sun, and Ron and Hermione were looking down at him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She had wrenched the cargo hold’s door from its hinges. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Koffi felt her last bit of resolve abandon her in a rush, as though someone had wrenched it from her with a violence. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Anyone who threw a wrench into the gears of the city’s seedy underbelly was apt to end up at the bottom of Lake Michigan. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Out of the corner of his eye, Reed saw Marmalade wrench the clapper off the wall, tuck it into her coat, and dash for the door. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She done out a tub of clothes on Monday, but she starched ’em afore they was wrenched, and blued a pink calico dress till I thought I should a died a laughin. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a bellow, and the foot jerked back, nearly wrenching Sting from Frodo’s arm. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He unfastened the brass fittings with a wrench and took the burners loose. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I hear what sounds like a child’s scream beside me, and wrench my head around to see where it’s coming from, but there is only a heart monitor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He was jerked left, wrenched right, yanked up, and lurched down. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Ghost wrenched free of the other hand and crept away, red tongue lolling from his mouth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My heart was wrenched at the sight of their flagellation, but I was helpless. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The one piece of turtle meat I had brought from the boat they wrenched from my hand and threw away. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I feel that guilt again, wrenching as a fist to the gut. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Suddenly there was a wrenching pain in my gut. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z For Evelyn’s empty, narrow vision: a city where factions are wrenched away from people against their will. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I said, waving the pipe wrench in the air. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The man's shriek lasted less than a second before the beast wrenched back its head, taking out half his throat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “And I used to be a bike messenger. Right now I’m a handyman. Turns out I have mad skills with a wrench.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “Can you help me get the end of my wrench over that top bolt?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It was not the essence of Devon, and so it was donated, without too serious a wrench, to the war. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It would require a special wrench to tighten or loosen. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “You better stick your hands in the sink and wrench out them scratches.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A painful wrench ing in my heart made me cry aloud, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z With a deadly effort, like wrenching a piece out of his own brain, he could even have dragged the thing into the open. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She wrenched the flashlight from his grasp and pushed off him to regain her feet. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z If he had, he would have seen the boy wrench away from his father and cross his arms over his face, and he would have returned. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She was vaguely aware of swinging her right fist at Manny’s face as she wrenched her other arm free. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z She grabbed Tazviona’s ears and wrenched for all she was worth. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The tune, somehow, is immediately wrenching, its measures plead in near arpeggios, and like any good folk song it makes the voice of its singer sound lost, or forlorn, incomplete. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He hurtled back to Ron’s side, wrenched open his jaw, and thrust the bezoar into his mouth. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But now, just when the new view seems to be taking hold, we may be in for another wrench, this time more dismaying and unsettling than anything we’ve come through. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Tony holds a small flashlight while his dad tightens something deep inside with a wrench. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Her wrist was wrenched so hard she could hear the bones snap. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Pima nodded frantically, but still he wrenched her finger. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I jerk harder until it’s loose, then work the wrench until the bolt falls free. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Finally he grabbed it with both hands and wrenched on the hot water. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Harry wrenched the stopper off the little bottle, Hermione took it and poured three drops of the potion onto the bleeding wound. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He wrenched himself around and saw Martin’s hat. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Before his killer could wrench free his blade, Syrio jabbed him in the apple of his throat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There was a lurch that Mark felt in his back, then a squeal, then the continued slow wrenching sound as the door started opening once again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Frodo passed his hand over his brow and wrenched his eyes away from the city on the hill. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was magnitude 7.5, not vast as earthquakes go, but so abrupt and wrenching that it collapsed an entire mountainside. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Leo ran down the hall waving a wrench. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Perhaps he came into the room, and she was kneeling on the floor, wrenching open the little crate in which the cupid was packed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He would go to his assigned tunnel and do his job quickly—once you got good at using your wrenches and brushes and tubes of glue, it wasn’t hard. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Their great hinges and iron bars were wrenched and bent; many of their timbers were cracked. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I wrenched my right foot out of Zeep Creep’s grip and kicked him directly in his meaty face. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z His single bright eye fixes on me, and he bares his teeth, trying to wrench himself away. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He cursed, his grasp loosening enough for me to wrench free. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Mark had seen a wrench strapped to the wall near the sledgehammer. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Akmon pulled a ratchet wrench from the tool belt and spun it like a noisemaker. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Sud-denly there was a knock on the window, the door was wrenched open, and a man slipped into the seat beside me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Homes pushes me aside, wrenching open a first- aid kit. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She wrenched away from her sister's hand, stormed into her bedchamber, and barred the door behind her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The anguish in the man’s eyes was wrenching. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept hold of the weed digger, wrenching it free of the wound as she fell. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z ‘It was a wrench to let it go; but what else could I do?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I take a step back and tug, trying to wrench free of his grasp. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His axe was shivering her shield, cracking the wood on the downswing, tearing off long pale splinters when he wrenched it back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I threw my bag in the bed and wrenched the door open. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He stalked up to me and grabbed my handlebars and wrenched them back and forth, trying to knock me off. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He felt a wrenching sense of loss, which didn’t make any sense at all. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Quickly, she wrenched the grate loose and dropped onto the shiny surface of the table. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Then she would bustle around the engine,” Kaleriya said, “quietly tapping her wrenches, so as not to disturb the sleeping crew.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He approached a nondescript door and wrenched it open. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Balthamos seized the moment to stumble forward again, and the priest felt himself dragged after him as another brutal pang wrenched his heart. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Asha wrenched loose a throwing axe and sent it flying end over end to take one of them in the back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was like they weren’t even really talking to me, but rather, right at my body, wrenching the two apart. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Dill wrenched his arm away and stared at the ground. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It was midday when he wrenched Smiler's head round in disgust and gave up. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Zak makes a half-hearted effort to grab Izzi, but she wrenches out of his grasp and runs back the way we came. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Screams and shrieks arose, and in the white foam appeared reddened arms and legs and wrenched and torn bodies,” a reporter said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They swap flashlight for wrench and, at that moment, I grab for the Walkman. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Evangeleen was stuck looking over her shoulder, a long wrench gripped in one fist. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z On the third wrench it caught, spewing a stream of smoke and fumes into the night. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Harry wrenched it open, flung himself inside, and slammed it shut. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I walked to the door and wrenched it open. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z That night, when Septa Unella came to wrench her out of sleep, she found the queen waiting on her knees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The seats have been wrenched from the floor and they're piled in stacks. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He would cry out with rage when she stopped ladling, he would try to wrench the saucepan and spoon out of her hands, he would grab bits from his sister’s plate. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He wrenched his damp cloak down from the wall so hard that Asha heard it tear, then stalked past Horpe and through the door. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And she scrambled up, hand over hand, forcing the beating wing aside, and seized the angel’s hair to wrench back his head and bare his throat for the snow leopard’s teeth. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z As the wheel began to turn, loose nuts and bolts and a couple of wrenches rained from its hub and spokes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Walking back to the meeting point, I swung between peace with my decision and wrenching regret. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z When he sees me in the daylight he will not know it was I who wrenched out of his grasp in the dark shop. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z My arm is wrenched behind my back and a man spits in my ear, “Trying to get away, were yeh?” his breath like licorice. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The ground is littered with tools—wrenches, wire cutters in various sizes, hammers, and a few others that I don’t recognize. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Here, let me at least grab these for you,” I say, as I take a few wrenches and store them in my pocket. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Suddenly there is a scraping, a pain in my hand, and my sword is wrenched from my grasp. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The pain was an axe splitting his head apart, but when the crow wrenched out its beak all slimy with bits of bone and brain, Bran could see again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Stewart—confirm Psi number 42755 spotted—” Volkswagen wrenched the driver’s side door open again, pulling something bright orange from his pocket. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Enraged, but this time outwardly calm, he wrenched painfully onto his feet and stood for a moment, rubbing his can, staring at the pony feasting deliriously on alfalfa ten yards away. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Taran wrenched and tugged until he sobbed for lack of strength. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The words seemed wrenched from him against his will. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He wrenched himself away and staggered back, glaring and wiping his mouth, which was undevoured but glistening with spit. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The blond kid—Dalton—tries to wrench the keys from my hand, but I won’t let go of them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I wrenched my leg free with a lunge and leaped headlong out of the buggy, landing in the dust of the road, unhurt. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Dri emptied the wrenches and rope and hammer from the plastic milk crate, and then she lined the crate with the patch of tarp we’d just cut to form a sort of bowl. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Some unknown force had wrenched and shattered these cubes so that they lay askew, often piled diminishingly on each other. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I twist and wrench and fall to the ground, covering my head with my arms. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The cabin was in sight; Harry skidded to the door, wrenched it open, and Hermione and Buckbeak flashed past him; Harry threw himself in after them and bolted the door. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z A monkey wrench that would free Citra from having to glean or be gleaned by Rowan. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z With an unmistakable bellowing roar, dragon fire burst from the exhaust, white-hot and blue, and the motorbike shot forward like a bullet with a sound of wrenching metal. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Sierra wrenched her head away from Bennie’s fingers. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I break into a run, intending to swerve around her, but she is ready for me: she grabs my wounded shoulder and wrenches me to the side. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I screamed, wrenching upright out of my bed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The boys veer off into sports or computer games, the girls into friendship in all its wrenching mysteries and satisfactions of favor and exclusion. “Books Smell Like Old People”: Do Teens Read Seriously Anymore? 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z In depicting the psychic load a black artist bears in a predominantly white profession, “Life in Motion” is wrenching and revelatory. Books of The Times: Jenifer Ringer and Misty Copeland Have New Memoirs 2014-03-16T21:00:25Z It seems unlikely that anyone will wrench the Royal from its devotion to the classics. Royal Ballet Seeks Next Link 2011-04-24T00:48:54Z It’s especially wrenching when he plays videos of juvenile prisoners speaking to the incarcerated mothers, who face death sentences with little hope for appeal. ‘Sunless Shadows’ Review: A Harsh Look at Iranian Women in Prison 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Brown plays Hero, the character confronting a wrenching decision in Part 1. Suzan-Lori Parks' 'Father Comes Home From the Wars' is an entrancingly intimate drama 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z “I’m wearing the ring still, but I think I’m lying,” Ballerini sings wrenchingly. Feist’s Electrifying Return, and 9 More New Songs 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Talking to a journalist about playing DuBois can resemble a particularly wrenching therapy session. It Takes More Than the Kindness of Strangers 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z As I grapple with these issues, I'm discovering these darker facets of my Jewish identity, and doing so is wrenchingly painful. Grieving together, and also apart: A Jewish American wrestles with identity, belonging and trauma 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Many of the film's most wrenching scenes involve Patsey being subjected to unspeakable physical and emotional torture. With cotton and corn husks, actress connects to her '12 Years a Slave' character 2013-11-20T20:03:02Z She felt ready to settle down after pursuing her career — and then lockdown threw a wrench in that plan. Date Lab: ‘What an honor to be a part of this date with her’ 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Britten’s opera “Billy Budd” is the wrenching story of its title character, a young, naïve and guileless sailor pressed into service aboard a British war ship in 1797. Opera Review: Britten’s ‘Billy Budd,’ From Glyndebourne to BAM 2014-02-09T22:34:46Z The performance I probably cherish most was Ms. Smith’s funny but also subtly wrenching turn as an eccentric woman who settled down in Alan Bennett’s front yard in “The Lady in the Van,” in 2000. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Missing Maggie Smith 2011-02-17T18:40:33Z |
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