Word: wrenchingly
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...Budenny (see p. 21). He still had to crack Odessa, with its cauterizing artillery. He still had to take the Crimea, with its naval base. He still had to crush Leningrad, with its 16 divisions and millions of angry civilians (see p. 23). Above all, he still had to wrench Moscow, at the center of Russia's web of communications, from its defenders (see p. 21). Unquestionably, he still had work...
This left the score at 13 to 6. Much depended on Tom Lacey's 165-pound fight, owing to Navy's strength in the higher weight brackets. Therefore the stands roared as Tom threatened to pin his opponent in the first minute. But the sailor managed to wrench himself free, and Lacey had to content himself with a decision...
...through the blueprints, get out a production line and a tool list, calculate production processes and finally lay out the building where the 25-tonners would be made. Driven by hardboiled, big-jawed Eddie Hunt, a mechanic and production man ever since he was old enough to hold a wrench in his big paws, they worked seven days a week, had things in shape by Aug. 15, when Chrysler and the U. S. Army finally signed the contract...
...seized hold of me, there was a wrench as my oxygen tube snapped off (I had forgotten to undo it) and I shot out into the sky. The aeroplane disappeared...
...Buffalo, Barcalo Manufacturing Co. made and marketed a combination screw driver, screw cap wrench, punch opener, hammer, bottle opener, cutting edge and slot-to-make-a-can-pouring...