wreck
Example Sentences
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Walker makes a magnificent wreck, though she is brilliant in every mood.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Instead, the so-called autopsy was a shambolic train wreck of missing paragraphs, factual errors, and apparent plagiarism.
From Slate • May 23, 2026
A scenario where the crucial Persian Gulf waterway remains mostly closed through the end of August would further deplete global Brent crude supplies and increase the odds of a “2008 train wreck scenario.”
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
“It’s a really hard economy to wreck right now, and I think people understand that,” said Rob Williams, chief investment strategist at Sage Advisory.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
He thought of Fa: not Fa as he lay dying in the wreck of their shelter, but Fa as he’d been just before the bear attacked: laughing at the joke Torak had made.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Vocabulary lists containing wreck
"Return to Titanic" and "Talking with Robert Ballard"
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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