a wreck
Example Sentences
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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
The galley-style kitchen had two burners that only sometimes worked and was a wreck.
From Salon • Oct. 14, 2025
When Kordell performed the show for their parents for the first time in Charlotte, N.C., they were again a wreck.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025
I worried he might fall asleep one day, lose control of his truck, have a wreck, be injured.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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