Sentences with wrest
wrest
W w - He wrested the suitcase from the chauffeur. [VERB noun + from]
- He wrested the remote control from my grasp and changed the channel.
- The gang wanted to wrest control of the Gold Coast nightclub drug market from the local Finks gang.
- Peter Hartcher KEVIN RUDD has used political bribery and brute force to wrest from the states a new Commonwealth power over hospitals.
- To wrest a knife from a child.
- To wrest a living from the soil.
- Nick Miller and Mark Metherell Premier John Brumby has vowed to fight any Federal Government attempt to wrest control of state hospitals.