The dog's owner had to wrest away the hank of rope each time the dog returned from fetching it. From LearnThat.org.
wrest the knife from his hands. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
England had to wrest from the Dutch their ascendancy in New. From Wordnik.com. [Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making] Reference
It was resolved to wrest from the French all the conquests they had made upon British dominion. From Wordnik.com. [The Virginians] Reference
The Republicans require wins in 39 districts to wrest from the Democrats control of the 435-member House. From Wordnik.com. [Australia's Surprise Rate Increase Stokes Aussie and Euro] Reference
Alaine screamed once and her body writhed, and then Tris felt the tortured spirit within wrest free of her prison. From Wordnik.com. [EXCERPT: The Blood King by Gail Z. Martin] Reference
They are running TV ads in 42 districts they are trying to wrest from the GOP, three of them new targets starting today. From Wordnik.com. [War, economy sway race] Reference
Austria was striving to wrest from the Turks that portion of Servian territory which she still desires to posses, she called on Kilmeni to help. From Wordnik.com. [High Albania] Reference
A wrest is a special tool used "for turning bolts, nuts, etc.; a screw-key," apparently used in this instance to tighten the saw blade in the frame. From Wordnik.com. [Inventory of Robert Carter's Estate, November [1733]] Reference
It's like the #1 sports team "wrest" ing plays and ideas from a losing team. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
Maybe he would wrest control of his life back from the brink. From Wordnik.com. [Complicated Game] Reference
I had a micro-fracture in one of the bones that connects my hand to my wrest. From Wordnik.com. [Tyler Farrar: ‘Hungry for rest of the season’] Reference
NATO: On the delicate question of European security, Clinton did manage to wrest a concession. From Wordnik.com. [A Toast To...What?] Reference
Even if they wanted to, it's far from clear that Abbas's forces could wrest control of the strip. From Wordnik.com. [The Day After] Reference
In parliamentary maneuvering, Pavlov attempts to wrest emergency powers from Gorbachev -- but fails. From Wordnik.com. [The Cia Called It--But Nobody Listened] Reference
A new generation of Turkish Cypriots is trying to wrest their future out of the hands of the old men. From Wordnik.com. [Deadline On Cyprus] Reference
Its aim: to wrest control of the sport from its current governing body, the International Skating Union. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: The Problem With Figure Skating] Reference
Octavius, Caesar's great-nephew, manipulated his position as Caesar's heir to wrest power from his rivals. From Wordnik.com. [Behind exhumation of Simon Bolivar is Hugo Chavez's warped obsession] Reference
Maybe not, but some corporate sports owners wish to wrest power over their "brands" away from governing bodies. From Wordnik.com. [The Sporting Life] Reference
And Levin also would wrest bragging rights as the world's biggest jumbo media giant from Disney's Michael Eisner. From Wordnik.com. [Foxes In The Chicken Coop] Reference
If the filmmakers can't wrest suspense and tears from a ticking-clock death-row drama, something's gone mightily awry. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Gal Walking] Reference
Efforts are underway to wrest the Koh-i-Noor diamond -- ceded as a "gift" to Queen Victoria in 1849 -- from the British. From Wordnik.com. [The Jewels And The Crown] Reference
It would be an excruciating decision on his part to be involved in any effort to wrest control of Bad Boy away from Combs. From Wordnik.com. [The Trigger Puffy Is Really Worried About] Reference
The GOP needs to win 39 additional House seats and 10 in the Senate to wrest control of Congress from Democrats this fall. From Wordnik.com. [Karl Rove On Tea Party: 'A Little Raw And Unsophisticated,' But Will Prove Powerful At Polls] Reference
He got 7.3 percent of the votes, enough to wrest from the Conservative Party the right to the third line on the ballot in 2000. From Wordnik.com. [Vertiginous In New York] Reference
Khatami, the embattled president, is trying to wrest power away from the religious elite who often veto or stall his reform agenda. From Wordnik.com. [The Tipping Point] Reference
Mainly, Eberhart is keen to show he's sensitive to the deepest of American fears, that the military might wrest control from civilians. From Wordnik.com. [The General Nobody Knows] Reference
Congress, where anti-China protectionist measures were being prepared in case the delegation failed to wrest concessions out of Beijing. From Wordnik.com. [The Paulson Push in China] Reference
Roosevelt failed to wrest the nomination from Taft and the party conservatives, but he ran anyway, thereby helping elect Woodrow Wilson. From Wordnik.com. [Relaxation By Exhaustion] Reference
The Shiite-controlled government has attempted to wrest control of the national team from the Sunni-dominated Iraq Football Association. From Wordnik.com. [Nathan Harden: Soccer Could Save Iraq] Reference
Katzenberg is pressing an aggressive plan, including the release of two movies every year, to wrest dominance in feature animation from Pixar. From Wordnik.com. [Altered States] Reference
Before making these sorts of choices, the Defense secretary is going to have to wrest back control of the Pentagon from the uniformed services. From Wordnik.com. [Familiar Waters] Reference
But he runs through all the precautions Northcom would take to avert that: waiting to see if the passengers can wrest control, or the hijackers change their minds. From Wordnik.com. [The General Nobody Knows] Reference
The project is part of Abdullah's attempt to wrest control of his country from the repressive clerics, using the one Saudi institution that's free of their influence. From Wordnik.com. [The King Versus The Radicals] Reference
True, the Yom Kippur war led to the creation of a cartel that wrest-ed control of the global market from Western oil companies and quadrupled prices in one hot summer. From Wordnik.com. [THE FEAR FACTOR] Reference
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