a wreck
Example Sentences
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CBS News is a wreck, it’s just gone!” he said.
From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026
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
That night - alone in a hotel room in Glasgow - I was a wreck.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024
Six years had passed since then: I was a wreck, but nought had changed in those savage and enduring scenes.
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
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