Read full poem →But no, they will not; they must still
Wrest their neighbour to their will,
And make me dance as they desire
Dictionary Entry
The act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.
Origin
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Common Phrases
control wrestpower wrest
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Poetry examples for “wrest”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Lest fools be fool'd the further by false hope,
And wrest sweet knowledge to their own decline;
And (to approve I speak within my scope)
Read full poem →Forcing the straits of change? Alas! but who
Shall wrest a bond from night's inveteracy,
Ere yet my hazardous soul put forth, to be
Read full poem →"We boast our proof that at least the Jew
Would wrest Christ's name from the Devil's crew.
Thy face took never so deep a shade
Read full poem →And call craft counsel, for profit still to paint;
I cannot wrest the law to fill the coffer,
With innocent blood to feed myself fat,
Read full poem →Call craft counsel, for lucre still to paint.
I cannot wrest the law to fill the coffer,
With innocent blood to feed myself fat,