How to Use wreck in a Sentence

wreck

1 of 2 noun
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  • This car has never been in a wreck.
  • The stress of her final exams made her a wreck.
  • Dad was a nervous wreck on the day I had my surgery.
  • For some members of the crew, the site of the wreck was familiar.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 1 July 2023
  • Nave said Lara’s car, a sedan, was totaled in the wreck.
    — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2023
  • From the wrecks, to the riots, to a golden age and beyond.
    — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The vessel was in transport for 22 years before the night of the wreck.
    — Erin Berge, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The 15-year-old was riding a bicycle with a friend at the time of the wreck.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Years later, the survivors of the wreck landed in Brazil.
    — USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
  • Road conditions were clear and dry at the time of the wreck, the report said.
    — Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Conditions were clear but wet at the time of the wreck, the report states.
    — Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The vessel was on a voyage see the wreck of the Titanic.
    — Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 28 June 2023
  • The filmmakers were able to identify the vessel as the Africa due to the size of the ship and the coal found around the wreck.
    — Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • But the local fishers always knew where most of the wrecks were.
    — Laura Trethewey, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2023
  • So Andrea was covered in dirt and her clothes are a wreck.
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2023
  • And the video of the Satellite wreck was cinematic, Gates said.
    — Lauren McCarthy, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
  • Griffith was pronounced dead at the scene of the wreck about two miles south of Haleyville, said King.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Portions of the wreck were in water that was just knee-deep, the museum said.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Due to the burning and now weather, ice and the ships' shallow resting place, the wrecks have faced wear and damage over the years.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 20 July 2023
  • When a partner’s snoring wrecks your sleep, these tips can help.
    — Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The other cars were totaled in the wreck; the drivers had minor injuries.
    — Margaret Fleming, ProPublica, 1 Nov. 2023
  • For two miles, or more, the lake shore is lined with fragments of the wreck, piled up, in many places, several feet high ...
    — Hannah Hernandez, Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The driver of the other truck, Justin Gray, 33, of Marked Tree, was hurt in the wreck and taken to an area hospital.
    — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The clinic is also a short boat ride to the site of a small wreck, which is now a great snorkeling site on clear days.
    — Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2024
  • All northbound lanes of I-75 in Stockbridge shut down shortly before 3 a.m. due to the wreck that ...
    — Caroline Silva, ajc, 22 July 2023
  • Soon, the dispatch radio crackled with news of a wreck under Lift 4.
    — Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The tractor-trailer was disabled and partially in the roadway at the time of the wreck, Peoples said.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 18 Sep. 2023
  • After the wreck, Vega climbed out the cruiser’s window and told Alegria to leave.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • But the living conditions on the coast guard vessel are still far better than on the wreck of the Sierra Madre.
    — Rebecca Wright, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The wreck was a setback, and Riker also broke his foot a few days prior to the car accdient.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2024
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wreck

2 of 2 verb
  • The affair wrecked his marriage.
  • I wrecked my mother's car.
  • Many houses were wrecked by the hurricane.
  • Bad weather wrecked our vacation.
  • The war in Ukraine wrecked her city — and her childhood.
    — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The waves and currents wrecked the boats; all 21 men aboard died.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The first strike wrecked most of the six buildings on the block, including Baroud’s.
    — Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Be careful, at night a Bell Hunter will spawn at the site of grace and will wreck you.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 May 2022
  • Stop trying to wreck a good thing, and the BMA is a very good thing indeed.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 30 Sep. 2021
  • So my job is to try not to wreck any of these great people’s careers and dreams.
    — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Bubba had the fastest car and charged for the lead late — but got wrecked out of contention in the final five laps.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Pabon is only 29, but life after Ian, all the hours on her feet, has wrecked her.
    — Brianna Sacks, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Warren wrecked the car — right as police made it to the scene, the department said.
    — Makiya Seminera, Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Like Watt, Micah Parsons is the type of rusher who can wreck a game.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2022
  • In the middle of a straightforward plan to wreck Doc’s home, the Monarch makes a discovery at the Compound.
    — Mat Olson, Vulture, 19 July 2023
  • Musk has wrecked all of that, seemingly with that purpose in mind.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Since the Olympic collision, both the Dehli and Oceana have been wrecked, and now comes the disaster to the Titanic.
    — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
  • In a courtyard near the café wrecked by the missile, people placed candles and flowers.
    — Hanna Arhirova The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2023
  • But football was cast aside after the wideout wrecked his knee.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
  • No one player had yet to really wreck a game and take over.
    — Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 10 Oct. 2021
  • But the Cardinals saw Watt as someone who could wreck a game and change a culture.
    — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2022
  • What hasn’t changed is Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout, who have more than enough power (34 homers each) to wreck a team’s playoff plans.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2022
  • As the 2010 Chargers found out, not fixing a big problem can wreck a season.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2022
  • The Grizzlies had no business taking that game, much less wrecking the Suns 35-18 in the fourth quarter.
    — Shane Young, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The longer the House can’t function, the greater the chance that the economy gets wrecked or the United States loses standing around the world with our allies and partners.
    — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Only 36 examples of the curvy sports car were built, almost all of which were at some time raced, wrecked, and repaired.
    — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 22 July 2023
  • As the zine evolved, one of the things that became more and more important to me was to start wrecking people’s assumptions.
    — Shawn Reynaldo, Pitchfork, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The team said on their radio Elliott should wreck Harvick if given the chance and maybe that caused Harvick to worry.
    — Jenna Fryer, orlandosentinel.com, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Some concrete buildings are charred by blasts; others are wrecked.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2024
  • There are stunning, massive set pieces, like an earthquake that wrecks one of the armies at an inopportune moment.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2024

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