Wreck

//ˈɹɛk//

"Wreck" in a Sentence (23 examples)

The divers found a wreck on the sea-bed.

It took several hours to clear the mess left from the wreck of the truck and several cars.

A stewardess was rescued from the wreck.

He identified the wreck of the Titanic.

He failed in his business and now is a total wreck.

After the hurricane, their house was a wreck.

A hundred people were hurt in a train wreck.

Driving on a slippery road can lead to a car wreck.

Tom wasn't injured in the train wreck.

Tom looks like a nervous wreck.

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He was an emotional wreck after the death of his wife.

To the fair haven of my native home, / The vvreck of vvhat I was, fatigued I come, […]

In 2006, 18-year-old Nikki Catsouras was killed in a car wreck in Lake Forest.

Hard and obſtinate, / As is a rocke amidſt the raging floods: / gaynſt vvhich a ſhip of ſuccour deſolate, / doth ſuffer vvreck both of her ſelfe and goods.

the wrecks of matter and the crush of worlds

Its intellectual life was thus able to go on amidst the wreck of its political life.

2. ... Wreck includes the cargo, stores and tackle of a vessel and all parts of a vessel separated from the vessel, and the property of persons who belong to, are on board or have quitted a vessel that is wrecked, stranded or in distress at any place in Canada.

[I]n 1952 more than 7,000 were involved in such a "wreck" in Britain and Ireland.

He wrecked the car in a collision.

That adulterous hussy wrecked my marriage!

Supposing that they saw the king's ship wrecked.

Weak and envy'd, if they should conspire, / They wreck themselves, and he hath his Desire.

[…] Mrs. Marleen Ketchum was not quite certain if the train wrecked or if the volcano blew its top. It took a moment before she was certain it had to be the passenger train.

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