wrenching

Verb

Present participle of wrench.

Noun

(plural wrenchings)

The act by which something is wrenched.

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"Fine," she said, wrenching the office door open.
She shot out of her seat and to the door, wrenching it open.
In his absence, it was too heart wrenching to even look, knowing he was unavailable and unable to help.
It was a heart-wrenching chore, choosing which at risk victims might be saved and which ones ignored to suffer their fate.
The gut wrenching pain left him unable to process any rational thought.

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