wrist
/ɹɪst/ verb C2- To hit a wrist shot.
He/she/it wrists · Past wristed · Past participle wristed · -ing form wristing
Verb forms
- Base form
- wrist
- He/she/it
- wrists
- Past
- wristed
- Past participle
- wristed
- -ing form
- wristing
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With the bound of a tiger Holmes was on his back, and an instant later Lestrade and I had him by either wrist, and the handcuffs had been fastened.
You shall live like a princess.” Poor Alice was so frightened that she shrunk away from him, but he caught her by the wrist and endeavoured to draw her towards the door.
“The fish that you have tattooed immediately above your right wrist could only have been done in China.
The light flashed upon the barrel of a revolver, but Holmes’ hunting crop came down on the man’s wrist, and the pistol clinked upon the stone floor.
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