wrecking
Example Sentences
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“But I apologized and I didn’t get him in trouble for wrecking my bedroom window. I’ve barely even spoken to him before now!”
From Literature
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He took a roster of overlooked and undersized misfits and molded them into a wrecking machine.
The contenders were a departure from the usual lineup at the event, known for wheeled machines equipped with wrecking tools.
From Barron's
Choreographer Mark Morris staved off the federal government’s arts wrecking ball by salvaging his latest work, “Moon,” a commission for the Kennedy Center’s Earth to Space festival in April.
From Los Angeles Times
I have about a millionth of a second where I see it coming before it slams into my glasses and face and the side of my nose like an orange wrecking ball.
From Literature
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