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Vocabulary Entry
wrest
|verb • verb • noun
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V
verb
To forcibly pull something from a person's grasp.
Example Sentences
"He tried to wrest the toy from the child's hands."
"The officers had to wrest the suspect to the ground."
"She will wrest control of the project from her colleague."
V
verb
To obtain something through a lot of effort.
Example Sentences
"They wrested the secret from the reluctant informant."
"After much negotiation, she was able to wrest a promise from him."
"He wrested success from the jaws of failure."
N
noun
A physical contest in which two competitors try to throw or immobilize each other.
Example Sentences
"He has been training for the state wrestling championship."
"Wrest is a common sport in many cultures around the world."
"The wrest ended with a dramatic pinning move that shocked the audience."