Definition of "wring from" []

• Get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner (verb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "I suggest we start by seeing what kind of excitement we can wring from the live-poultry market on Twentieth Street in Sunset Park."
• "She was imprisoned by Tal Hajus, and every effort, including the most horrible and shameful torture, was brought to bear upon her to wring from her lips the name of my father; but she remained steadfast and loyal, dying at last amidst the laughter of Tal Hajus and his chieftains during some awful torture she was undergoing."
• "Wjat little money he had was invested along with that of the firm; and all was invested in such a way as to wring from its producers the lion's share of Georgia's one great crop."