wrecked

Example Sentences

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The barber chair, the locus of Sweeney’s revenge on the heartless cruelty of a Victorian London that wrecked his life, isn’t the elaborate contraption of other productions.

From Los Angeles Times

He had been wrecked there, too, at sea in a lifeboat for two days before being rescued.

From Literature

Isak is recovering from an operation on an ankle injury that included a fibula fracture, which has wrecked his first season on Merseyside.

From Barron's

Unable to reach Dickson, she hid in the bushes as the animals wrecked her home and devoured the family’s corn supply.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It took over our lives. My body is wrecked from everything I've been through but mentally too, my friends, my family, my home life, everything just revolves around that."

From BBC