a wreck

Example Sentences

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"The last time we saw a wreck on this scale was 2014," Wrobel added, "and after the impact of avian flu this is the last thing our seabirds need".

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

CBS News is a wreck, it’s just gone!” he said.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026

Nearly 50 years after the ship’s sinking, a new generation discovered it like a wreck in dark waters.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025

Future me is kind of a wreck, actually.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

He and his wife had split up around the time Eric and I did, but he had consoled himself by buying and renovating a wreck of a town house in Brooklyn.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls