Example sentences for: wrench

How can you use “wrench” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Shiny stacks of beautiful scarves are sold in the Grand Bazaar, for Muslim girls to wrench into veils and for tourists to flaunt in New York.

  • He lowered the greasy wrench from his hand, looked at me, and confessed, "I couldn't bear the thought of somebody else getting to work on these."

  • Other attempts may be simply off-- the bad end of the stick of life, there's no dog like an old dog --or inspired: That throws a wrench into your soup, doesn't it? , I once heard a math professor tell a colleague.

  • In Israel Wednesday, Ha'aretz led its front page with a report from Washington that Congress' refusal to include funds to implement the Wye agreement in the foreign aid bill it approved this week "could throw a monkey wrench" into both a final-status agreement with the Palestinians and a deal with Syria.

  • They have blocked the Staples-Office Depot merger and the Lockheed-Northrop Grumman deal, and threw a monkey wrench (ill-advisedly, but still) into Barnes & Noble's proposed acquisition of book distributor Ingram.


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