Wringing

Tom stood near the gate wringing his hands nervously.

I am wringing my wet clothes.

"My dear fellow," he cried, wringing Holmes' unresponsive hand, "congratulate me! I have made the whole thing as clear as day."

He had the magical gift of wringing a hundred pounds from a plutocrat with the air of conferring a graceful favour.

I ran about the shore wringing my hands and beating my head and face, exclaiming at my misery, and crying out, ‘I was undone, undone!’ till, tired and faint, I was forced to lie down on the ground to repose, but durst not sleep for fear of being devoured.”