- present participle of wreck.
wrecking
Example Sentences
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Donald spent 10 seasons with the franchise and won a Super Bowl as the human wrecking ball on the inside of its defensive line until he called it quits two years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Done carefully, you can align your money with your beliefs without obviously wrecking your retirement.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Rather, he yelled at them in a private meeting, complaining that by threatening to stop the war, they were wrecking his bargaining power in the ongoing peace talks.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
“I’m a wrecking ball to the status quo,” he said in one post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
“I had a dream that was us and somebody drove up with one of those giant crane magnets from the car wrecking yards.”
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
