Wrest

Definition

wrest /rest/ v ❏ wrest sth from sb/ sth [ PHRV ] ( rather fml ) (က) ဆြဲလုသည္။ He wrested the gun from my grasp. (ခ) မရမကညႇစ္ထုတ္ယူသည္။ wrest a confession from sb ❍ Foreign investors are trying to wrest control of the firm from the family.

Examples

1. ‘While he was disoriented
2. I wrested the gun from his grasp and threw it far away.’
3. ‘When I got to the car the wind grabbed hold of the door
4. trying to wrest it out of my hands and off of its hinges.’
5. ‘Especially in his final years
6. Evans often went on scavenging hunts
7. wresting all kinds of street signs from their rightful places.’
8. ‘Hobbs told investigators that Krystal pulled the knife to defend her friend
9. and he wrested it away.’
10. ‘As the rogue hand attempted to ferry off my telephone
11. I like to think that my super speed reflexes and superhuman strength actually wrested the phone out of the insistent grip of the powerful man trying to steal my phone.’
12. ‘Once she had succeeded in wresting the radio from Mike's grasp
13. she spoke into the intercom eagerly.’
14. ‘He wrested his right hand from my grasp to wipe them roughly away from the side of his nose.’
15. ‘Their bodies twisted as each tried to wrest the weapon from the other's grasp.’
16. ‘Jinx lunged forward
17. intent on grabbing her arm and wresting the glasses from her.’
18. ‘In fact having emerged from lunch to face bowlers freshened by the break and with a reasonably new ball
19. the duo wrested all advantage away from the Kiwi's by scoring 85 in an hour.’
20. ‘They had wrested the lead from Melrose by a one-point margin
21. and were facing an opposition that looked rattled
22. weary and vulnerable
23. with just five minutes to go.’
24. ‘So there's a symbolic and tactical significance there
25. that the insurgents
26. for whatever period of time
27. can wrest control of key sites away from the authorities.’
28. ‘As opposition groups gain more rights to voice their views
29. popularly elected bodies accountable to the people might finally wrest real power from authoritarian regimes.’
30. ‘If the forces of local nationalism have generally lacked the capacity to wrest independence from a reluctant political center
31. there are indications that such movements may fare better in the future.’
32. ‘By 1915
33. Fallon farmers seriously considered forming a militia to wrest control of the dams and canals along the Truckee and Carson Rivers from the federal government.’
34. ‘A battle is raging between those who feel Internet users should control their own time online and those trying to wrest that control away.’
35. ‘Third
36. have an alternative strategy to wrest the initiative from them and force them to acquiesce.’
37. ‘By the 1990s
38. players
39. in a variety of sports
40. had formed player associations in trying to wrest back league-imposed controls and/or enhance their economic rights.’
41. ‘Six seats in its 25-seat tally were wrested from other parties.’
42. ‘In the 16th Century
43. Raja Wadiyar defeated the viceroy of the Vijayanagar empire
44. wrested the famed golden throne from him and established the sovereignty of the Mysore kings with Srirangapatna as the capital.’