Similar words: vested interest, forester, interested, wrest, uninterested, wrestle, disinterested, self-interested. Meaning: n. someone who obtains something by pulling it violently with twisting movements.
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1 He wrested the knife from the murderer.
2 To wriggle is to wrest about like a worm.
3 They are fighting to wrest control of the party from the old leaders.
4 The shareholders are planning to wrest control of the company from the current directors.
5 The rebels tried to wrest control of the town from government forces.
6 Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.
7 For the past year he has been trying to wrest control from the central government.
8 I managed to wrest the photograph from his grasp.
9 He wrested the letter from my grasp.
10 The men had returned to wrest back power.
11 to wrest the truth out of sb.
12 He wrested my words from their real meaning.
13 He wrested the suitcase from the chauffeur.
14 He wrested the sense of my words.
15 The usurper wrested the power from the king.
16 He wrested the gun from my grasp.
17 The amphitheater was a sealed off round structure . Swordplay, wresting[Sentencedict.com],(www.Sentencedict.com) gladiatoral and other contests were held there.
18 Until now,many peasants have to work hard to wrest a living from the soil.
19 The officer managed to wrest the gun from his grasp.
20 They attempted to wrest control of the town from government forces.
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