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Search phrase: wrest

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 46 result(s). alternate result(s)
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Antony and CleopatraAC II.ii.24Touch you the sourest points with sweetest terms,Touch you the sowrest points with sweetest tearmes,
Antony and CleopatraAC III.ii.62I'll wrestle with you in my strength of love.Ile wrastle with you in my strength of loue,
As You Like ItAYL I.i.84Was not Charles, the Duke's wrestler, here toWas not Charles the Dukes Wrastler heere to
As You Like ItAYL I.i.89'Twill be a good way – and tomorrow the wrestling is.'twill be a good way: and to morrow the wrastling is.
As You Like ItAYL I.i.113What, you wrestle tomorrow before the newWhat, you wrastle to morrow before the new
As You Like ItAYL I.i.119sir, I wrestle for my credit, and he that escapes mesir I wrastle for my credit, and hee that escapes me
As You Like ItAYL I.i.150alone again, I'll never wrestle for prize more. And soalone againe, Ile neuer wrastle for prize more: and so
As You Like ItAYL I.i.160wrestler shall clear all. Nothing remains but that Iwrastler shall cleare all: nothing remaines, but that I
As You Like ItAYL I.ii.103good wrestling, which you have lost the sight of.good wrastling, which you haue lost the sight of.
As You Like ItAYL I.ii.104Yet tell us the manner of the wrestling.Yet tell vs the manner of the Wrastling.
As You Like ItAYL I.ii.116The eldest of the three wrestled with Charles,The eldest of the three, wrastled with Charles
As You Like ItAYL I.ii.117the Duke's wrestler, which Charles in a moment threwthe Dukes Wrastler, which Charles in a moment threw
As You Like ItAYL I.ii.133rib-breaking? Shall we see this wrestling, cousin?rib-breaking? Shall we see this wrastling Cosin?
As You Like ItAYL I.ii.135appointed for the wrestling, and they are ready to performappointed for the wrastling, and they are ready to performe
As You Like ItAYL I.ii.145hither to see the wrestling?hither to see the wrastling?
As You Like ItAYL I.ii.157wrestler?Wrastler?
As You Like ItAYL I.ii.170that the wrestling might not go forward.that the wrastling might not go forward.
As You Like ItAYL I.ii.200Orlando and Charles wrestleWrastle.
As You Like ItAYL I.ii.243Sir, you have wrestled well, and overthrownSir, you haue wrastled well, and ouerthrowne
As You Like ItAYL I.ii.259That here was at the wrestling?That here was at the Wrastling?
As You Like ItAYL I.iii.21Come, come, wrestle with thy affections.Come, come, wrastle with thy affections.
As You Like ItAYL I.iii.22O, they take the part of a better wrestler thanO they take the part of a better wrastler then
As You Like ItAYL II.ii.13The parts and graces of the wrestlerThe parts and graces of the Wrastler
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.105Sweetest nut hath sourest rind,Sweetest nut, hath sowrest rinde,
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.205It is young Orlando, that tripped up the wrestler'sIt is yong Orlando, that tript vp the Wrastlers
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.224day he wrestled?day he Wrastled?
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.ii.58Wrested his meaning and authority.Wrested his meaning, and Authoritie.
Henry VH5 I.ii.14That you should fashion, wrest, or bow your reading,That you should fashion, wrest, or bow your reading,
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.112That doit that e'er I wrested from the King,That Doyt that ere I wrested from the King,
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.186He'll wrest the sense and hold us here all day.Hee'le wrest the sence, and hold vs here all day.
King JohnKJ IV.iii.154The imminent decay of wrested pomp.The iminent decay of wrested pompe.
King JohnKJ V.ii.41And great affections wrestling in thy bosomAnd great affections wrastlingin thy bosome
The Merchant of VeniceMV IV.i.212Wrest once the law to your authority,Wrest once the Law to your authority.
Much Ado About NothingMA III.i.42To wish him wrestle with affection,To wish him wrastle with affection,
Much Ado About NothingMA III.iv.30thinking do not wrest true speaking, I'll offend nobody.thinking doe not wrest true speaking, Ile offend no body,
Richard IIR2 III.ii.136Turns to the sourest and most deadly hate.Turnes to the sowrest, and most deadly hate:
Titus AndronicusTit III.ii.44But I of these will wrest an alphabet,But I (of these) will wrest an Alphabet,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.157Such to-be-pitied and o'erwrested seemingSuch to be pittied, and ore-rested seeming
Troilus and CressidaTC III.iii.23I know, is such a wrest in their affairsI know is such a wrest in their affaires;
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.v.194Like an Olympian wrestling. This have I seen;Like an Olympian wrestling. This haue I seene,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG II.iii.5Crab my dog be the sourest-natured dog that lives. My Crab my dog, be the sowrest natured dogge that liues: My
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.iv.45O'erwrestling strength in reason. For our loveOr wrastling strength in reason, for our Love
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.ii.68Wrestling and running. (Aside) 'Tis a pretty fellow.Wrastling, and Running; Tis a pretty Fellow.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.ii.74He wrestle? He roast eggs! Come, let's be gone, lads.He wrastle? he rost eggs. Come lets be gon Lads.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.ii.76I durst not wish for. Well I could have wrestled,I durst not wish for. Well, I could have wrestled,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.iv.3Whate'er you are, you run the best and wrestleWhat ere you are, you run the best, and wrastle,

Poems

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SonnetsSonn.94.13 For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; For sweetest things turne sowrest by their deedes,
SonnetsSonn.140.11 Now this ill-wresting world is grown so bad, Now this ill wresting world is growne so bad,

Glossary

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cast[wrestling] throw down, make fall
fallwrestling bout
foildefeat, overcome; throw [in wrestling]
hip[wrestling] at a disadvantage, in an unfavourable position
ill-wrestingtwisting the truth, turning to disadvantage
liedeceive; [wrestling] lay someone out; make urinate
overwrestedoverstrained, overdone, over-the-top
overwrestlesurpass, outdo, exceed
screwwrench, force, wrest
trip[wrestling] foot movement which causes an opponent to fall
wrastlevariant form of ‘wrestle’
wrestdistort, twist, strain
wresttwist, pervert, warp
wrest[music] implement for tuning
wrestwring out, derive, deduce
wrestedseized, snatched away, taken by force

Thesaurus

 10 result(s).
bout, wrestlingfall
fall caused by a foot movement [in wrestling]trip
fall, make [in wrestling]cast
foot movement which causes an opponent to fall [in wrestling]trip
lay someone out [in wrestling]lie
throw [in wrestling]foil
throw down [in wrestling]cast
wrestscrew
wrestlingtrip
wrestling boutfall

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
ILLMINDill-wresting adj
WRESTBASICwrest n, wrest v, wrested adj
WRESTBADill-wresting adj
WRESTINTENSITYo'erwrested adj
WRESTLEBASICwrestle v, wrestling n
WRESTLEINTENSITYo'erwrestle v
WRESTLEPEOPLEwrestler n

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