Similar words: wrench, French, drench, drenched, entrench, trenchant, entrenched, french leave. Meaning: [rentʃ] 
adj. causing great physical or mental suffering.
adj. causing great physical or mental suffering. 
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31) Although Corus was undergoing the pain of a wrenching cyclical downturn in demand for steel, Mr Varin felt he could leave with honour.
32) Sure the country and Wall Street have had their and downs - some pretty gut - wrenching ones at that.
33) More than half of Appalachian coal mining is done by the wrenching mountaintop removal method.
34) It will be the latest in a line of wrenching moments of retreat.
35) That makes it longer than the wrenching ,(www.Sentencedict.com) 16 - month recessions of 1973 - 75 and 1981 - 82 .
36) But the man, shifting the club from right to left, cooly caught him by the under jaw, at the same time wrenching downward and backward.
37) It's the end of a wrenching right - to - die dispute over the brain - damaged woman that drew national attention.
38) But the threat of a wrenching slowdown is becoming worryingly plausible.
39) The wrenching debate over the Iraq war is well - known and need not be repeated here.
40) In reality, history has shown that such transitions are wrenching and China will be no exception.
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