wreckage
Example Sentences
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The wind was biting, so we stopped by the wreckage of an old farm building to seek shelter.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
The disorder looks like the wreckage of an unknown chaos.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
A big achievement, especially by Michael Carrick, who seamlessly cleared up the wreckage of Ruben Amorim's ill-fated time in charge and took Manchester United back into the Champions League.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
“We’ll be here till tomorrow dealing with this blaze,” said Major Issa Hamdoun, a civil defense commander, as he watched his men manhandling the fire hose into the wreckage of the building.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
And tho this heap of wreckage is pretty pounded, if you look at it right, it might be an old Prentisstown house that fell right outta the sky.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
Vocabulary lists containing wreckage
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for June 12–June 18, 2021
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Compound Fracture
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