floating wreckage
Example Sentences
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But the next day, news reports made clear there was no mistake: A fishing boat found floating wreckage including two masts, one painted black and the other yellow - matching the Hudson.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2019
A week after the Airbus A320 crashed carrying 66 people, investigators still have no clear picture of its final moments, with only scattered floating wreckage and some human remains found.
From The Guardian ● May 26, 2016
“One item that I may give Swann is an actual piece of the ship picked up as floating wreckage by the Minia in April of 1912,” he wrote in a recent e-mail.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2011
In the water, Mrs. Li put Patsy on a mass of floating wreckage.
From Time Magazine Archive
She caught at some floating wreckage, which supported her for a moment, and looked round her for the last time.
From Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life by Austin, Caroline
