Both Uses of
wrest
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- But here are your bonds; pay me differently;" and he held the bonds towards Danglars, who seized them like a vulture extending its claws to withhold the food that is being wrested from its grasp.†
Chpt 103-104
- I wished to bury it during my whole life in my own bosom, but your brother Maximilian wrested it from me by a violence he repents of now, I am sure.†
Chpt 105-106 *
Definition:
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(wrest) obtain with difficult effort or force