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He's the reason to see "Blackthorn," commanding the screen as a wrung-out Butch Cassidy contemplating his twilight years while hiding out in Bolivia.
Star-Crossed Sushi Steve Dollar 2011
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Putting up with it was like fresh-squeezed orange juice — easy at first, then sour, but just as likely as the yogurt to drown you, and the kind of thing that left only a wrung-out skin behind. on 29 Jul 2009 at 4: 27 pm Jamie
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » On your mark, get set…CONTEST! 2009
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One hand on her hip, a damp, wrung-out rag smelling of sandalwood, patchouli, and gardenia petals in her other hand, Belladonna regarded Dallas Brûler.
Black Dust Mambo Adrian Phoenix 2010
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Walking into the bathroom, I expect to be greeted by a wrung-out, haggard version of myself, a dry and witchy hag, and am surprised to see that I look… okay.
imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010
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The whole band was wrung-out, burned-up, dead tired, jet-lagged, sick of Fleetwood Mac, and about to go on our own ways into solo albums.
ɘloЯ 2010
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I used a damp, wrung-out microfiber cloth to wash the windows and a dry cloth to shine them --no cleaning solutions at all.
A cleaning phenom... Gumbo Lily 2010
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Walking into the bathroom, I expect to be greeted by a wrung-out, haggard version of myself, a dry and witchy hag, and am surprised to see that I look… okay.
imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010
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I used a damp, wrung-out microfiber cloth to wash the windows and a dry cloth to shine them --no cleaning solutions at all.
Archive 2010-05-01 Gumbo Lily 2010
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Once, twice, his wrung-out body seemed to constrict from the inside out like a dry, twisted rag around the tree.
THE PROMISED WAR Thomas Greanias 2010
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In the wrung-out shoulder wash, she just sat down on her board.
Kook Peter Heller 2010
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