Sentence examples for wrest off from inspiring English sources

Campaigning rationalists would do well to think a little about the size of the psychological prop they are trying to wrest off people, when they try to wrest away their God.

The regressive exit that "Killer" attempts eventually mires the picture in a movie-theater booby trap -- the chewed gum and melted Sour Patch Kids on theater floors, juvenilia that other Hong Kong action filmmakers have successfully wrested off their sneakers.

But not necessarily warmer, so wear layers in case you're met at the door by the headwaiter, who might have wrested the coat off my shivering back had I not capitulated to his sense of propriety and finally relinquished it.

I wonder, Could I wrest the blade off the paper cutter in time?

Maria, from whom Valeria wrested the television set, sneaks off to a nearby cafe for a drink.

I'd be off to Germany to wrest control of the future of Europe from the Bundesbank.

For instance, Avtel is getting a flood of résumés from mechanics as airlines wrest concessions from unions and lay off workers, officials here said.

It will take a good side to wrest Leinster's title off them but Clermont are among the few opponents with the power and resources to prevent a third Irish triumph in four years.

"The vast majority of Labour members and Labour members of parliament have been sitting, like in the back seat of a car, as we are careering towards a cliff and someone has got to wrest the steering wheel off the people who are causing this problem," he said.

Sony has concentrated its smartphone effort into its Xperia brand of devices, but it's not clear that it is able to wrest enough market share off of Samsung to convert this into a profitable business.

If it does, Citigroup could wrest control of EMI and sell it off once again.