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
Missing the train, even if they suspect it’s eventually headed for a wreck, is a huge career risk.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Instead, the so-called autopsy was a shambolic train wreck of missing paragraphs, factual errors, and apparent plagiarism.
From Slate • May 23, 2026
Lively's legal team accused Baldoni and his film studio, Wayfarer, of planning to wreck her reputation, including by using social media manipulation and friendly journalists to sow certain narratives.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
And oh! where meantime was the hapless owner of this wreck?
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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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