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Example sentences for: wrest

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The Turks waged a titanic war to wrest the island from the Venetians.
Even David Halberstam, who wrote a book about Jordan's exploits during his last season, couldn't wrest an interview from him.
Buchanan and Ross Perot are both economic populists, Gigot explains, and by nominating Buchanan Perot can wrest control of the party from Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, who opposes Buchanan's nomination.
Venetian forces attempted to wrest the city from Ottoman control twice.
Kubrick, was, the papers note, obsessed with control and detail (in a career spanning almost 50 years, he made only 13 features) and was one of the first commercial directors to wrest artistic control of his pictures away from the studios.