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Oversættelse

vt. at vride med magt; at tage med magt; at fordreje
n. en vridning eller et knug
Word Forms
Third Person Singularwrests
Past Tensewrested
Past Participlewrested
Present Participlewresting
Pluralwrests

Udtryk & Fast Sammenstilling

wrestle

bryde

wrestling match

brydningskamp

wrestling championship

brydningsmesterskab

wrestling techniques

brydnings teknikker

Eksempelsætninger

it is difficult to wrest oneself away.

det er svært at frigøre sig selv.

to wrest the truth out of sb.

at vriste sandheden ud af nogen.

wrested the book out of his hands; wrested the islands from the settlers.

ristede bogen ud af hans hænder; ristede øerne fra nybyggerne.

wrest a living from the barren ground

skaffe sig et livsindkomst fra den golde jord.

wrest from Nature her secrets

riste hemmelighederne ud af Naturen.

wrested power from the monarchy.

ristede magten fra monarkiet.

wrest the meaning from an obscure poem.

riste betydningen ud af et obskurt digt.

wrested the words out of context.

ristede ordene ud af kontekst.

The usurper wrested the power from the king.

Magthaveren rev magten fra kongen.

The rebels tried to wrest control of the town from government forces.

De rebeller forsøgte at vriste kontrollen over byen fra regeringsstyrkerne.

The officer managed to wrest the gun from his grasp.

Officeren formåede at vriste pistolen fra hans greb.

Leila tried to wrest her arm from his hold.

Leila forsøgte at vriste sin arm fra hans greb.

they wanted to allow people to wrest control of their lives from impersonal bureaucracies.

de ønskede at give folk mulighed for at tage kontrollen over deres liv tilbage fra upersonlige bureaukrati.

you appear convinced of my guilt, and wrest every reply I have made.

du virker overbevist om min skyld, og vrister hvert svar jeg har givet.

One of the hostages was foolhardy enough to try to wrest the gun from the hijacker's hand.

En af gidslerne var dumdristig nok til at forsøge at tvinge pistolen ud af kaprerens hånd.

On Fantoma, the first dropships began disgorging the mining equipment that the Zentraedi would use to wrest monopole ore from the heavy-g world.

På Fantoma begyndte de første dropships at udspyde det mineudstyr, som Zentraedi ville bruge til at vriste monopolmalm fra den tunge-g-verden.

The amphitheater was a sealed off round structure. Swordplay, wresting, gladiatoral and other contests were held there.

Amfiteatret var en lukket, rund struktur. Sværdkamp, brydning, gladiatorkampe og andre konkurrencer blev afholdt der.

Virkelige Eksempler

To wriggle is to wrest about like a worm.

Kilde: High-frequency vocabulary in daily life

They managed to wrest control of everything in the townhouse.

Kilde: English little tyrant

But the pound has rallied as British lawmakers this week wrested control over the Brexit timetable away from Johnson.

Kilde: VOA Daily Standard September 2019 Collection

Combined French and African forces have already wrested control of the main towns in northern Mali from rebel forces.

Kilde: CRI Online February 2013 Collection

Local revolutionaries sought to wrest control of Madagascar from France's lingering colonial rule.

Kilde: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

What! hope to wrest this old man's living power from his own living hands?

Kilde: Moby-Dick

They were trying to wrest control of the town from an army dominated by former Seleka rebels.

Kilde: BBC Listening Compilation October 2013

Azerbaijan is trying to wrest back territory seized from it by neighbouring Armenia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Kilde: The Economist (Summary)

The outlook for the euro-area economy is deteriorating fast, which augurs ill for attempts to wrest the finances of indebted countries under control.

Kilde: The Economist - Technology

His wife wrested his knife away!

Kilde: Pan Pan

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