shipwreck
Example Sentences
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In this longer and more structured form, what began as an intentional scattering of ashes becomes an elegiac letter home mediated by shipwreck.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
Piscine Molitor Patel, a 16-year-old boy also known as Pi, makes this impassioned declaration to two men struggling to make sense of his account of having survived a shipwreck.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
A mysterious shipwreck, a colourful cathedral and a "birthplace of the communication age" are among the remarkable places in England that have been granted special protection this year.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
Fourteen survivors were also rescued since the shipwreck on November 6, near Thailand's Tarutao island while trying to reach Malaysia.
From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025
In those days after the shipwreck, she and Matthias had formed an uneasy truce.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
