a wreck
Example Sentences
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Nearly 50 years after the ship’s sinking, a new generation discovered it like a wreck in dark waters.
From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025
Future me is kind of a wreck, actually.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
The galley-style kitchen had two burners that only sometimes worked and was a wreck.
From Salon • Oct. 14, 2025
In a finish befitting the Daytona 500, William Byron benefited from a wreck on the last lap to win NASCAR’s most important race on Monday night.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2024
But after so many months of the cold Parisian winter spent indoors with Vincent, Theo is a wreck both mentally and physically.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
