The terrible sound of the hour of midnight tears him from the arms of friendship, wrests him from the altar, and would drag him away even in the agonies of death.
When Wotan wreststhe ring from Alberic, the dwarf delivers a lurid and bloodcurdling stage curse, calling down on its every future possessor care, fear, and death.
From the dying man he hastily wrests the Ring, puts it into his sack, and goes on quietly packing the gold.
But now Siegfried, forgetful of the past, struggles for another with his own dear wife, overcomes her, and wrests the Ring from her.
With a superb effort, he swings himself onto the horse behind the saddle, and with a second sudden move grabs the rooster and wrests half of it out of the original victor's hands.
But his horse helps him out and, by clinging desperately to the horn of the saddle and his horse's mane, he wrests himself away from his pursuer, aided by the shying of the pursuing horse, which is kicked and bitten by his own animal.
And again: 'By importunity wrestsgold and fetters.
A string of oaths rolls from his lips, and he wreststhe cup from her hand, spilling half its contents in the act.
With a sudden movement Franz springs upon Papa, wrests the paper from his grasp, and passes it over Mamma's shoulder to Leslie.
But man wrests the sword of dominion from nature’s hand and uses it upon nature’s head.
He wrests the sword from nature’s hand and uses it against nature, proving that there is a power in him which is beyond nature, for it is capable of breaking and subduing the laws of nature.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wrests" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
