1815 E. B. Norton i. 6 Unlike thine other prisons, Spain, were here No shrieking penitent, no pain-wrung tear.
1894 M. Colborne-Veel Story of Marah v, in 14 The little pain-wrung brow grew calm again.
1916 M. Couthouy Smith N.Y. Times in C. E. Holman 157 For brave songs breaking From pain-wrung lips—We praise Thee, O God!