Sentence examples for wrench open from inspiring English sources

The phrase "wrench open" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means to forcefully open something using a wrench tool. This phrase is commonly used in mechanical or repair contexts. Example: The mechanic had to wrench open the rusty bolt to replace the broken part.

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They used a prying tool called the Jaws of Life to wrench open the twisted metal to extricate the victims.

Lane will wrench open his eyelids and watch the waning minutes of "Monday Night Football" if, and only if, his beloved Redskins are playing.

Inside the prison complex, where corroding concrete cellblocks frame a desolate courtyard, inmates hollered, trying to wrench open the doors to their cells.

They will wrench open a door, to find it leads somewhere dismayingly unexpected, as if in the opening cartoon credits of the Pink Panther and, like the Pink Panther, they have no option but to shrug and carry on.

Dog pits made of panels of wood, and carpeted to allow the animals to grip, "breaking sticks" to wrench open the jaws of animals if they locked as they tore into each other, treadmills used for training fighting dogs, and veterinary kits which included staples and drips were seized in the RSPCA's operation.

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Then he got a bucket and a wrench, opened a locomotive valve, filled the bucket with hot water, poured it into the steaming radiator, climbed back, and chuffed off.

I wait; my luggage is wrenched open and inspected by insolent guards.

"Then the police wrenched open the door, beat him again and dragged him off".

When Karin, at sixteen, walked into the crematorium at Dachau and the guide wrenched open the oven door, she fainted.

Opportunistic Argentines broke through shop windows and wrenched open doors to load up wheelbarrows and horse-drawn carriages with food, clothing and furniture.

Doors were wrenched open, and in several stores that showed no obvious signs of having been caught up in the fighting, display cases were ransacked.

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