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• n  a twisting squeeze
  gave the wet cloth a wring
• v  twist and press out of shape
• v  twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
• v  obtain by coercion or intimidation
• v  twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
  wring the towels

• Never Let Me Go: It's an existential fable about people trying to wring some happiness out of life before the lights go out.
• I didnt know whether to wring my hands or cover my eyes.
• We wring our hands over the mad cow pathogen that might be (but almost certainly isn't) in our hamburger and worry far less about the cholesterol that contributes to the heart .

• squeeze
• contort
• deform
• distort
• wrench
• extort
• rack
• gouge

News & Articles

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• Detroit Labor Groups Butt Heads With Bondholders Over City's Debt
  Detroit's state-appointed emergency manager says the city is bankrupt and the fight over who will get what is heating up. In the next month, Kevyn Orr will try to wring concessions out of the city's creditors before he decides whether to take the whole mess to bankruptcy court. Orr's plan proposes "shared sacrifice among all creditor groups." But in reality, that pits the city's retirees against ...
  June 19, 2013 - NPR

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in International Herald Tribune
  We're going to have to wring out some of these bad assets,Obama said.
• Brendan Barber in The Associated Press
  Rather than wring its hands after the deal has gone through, as happened with Cadburys, this government has a chance to show it will put the interests of the public ahead of the interests of big business by scrutinizing the deal now,Barber said.
• Harry Reid in International Herald Tribune
  You cannot wring another ounce of compromise out of this,Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said last week.