Examples of wreckage in a Sentence
Workers sifted through the wreckage of the building, searching for bodies.
They cleared the wreckage from the track.
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The neighborhood has since been reduced to a sprawl of tents and wreckage, storefronts hanging from cages of bent metal.
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Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
But while the school still stood relatively unscathed on its steel pilings more than 20 feet above the muck and wreckage, there were other problems inside.
—Emily Schwing, NPR, 10 Nov. 2025
The ashes have settled over the charred Louisville neighborhood where nine people remain missing and families cling to hope as investigators comb through the wreckage of Tuesday’s fatal UPS cargo plane crash.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
While the United States rose from the wreckage of the war to take its place as the youngest member of the family of nations, many other communities caught up in it had to fight just as long and just as hard to find their own footing in the brave new world that followed.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
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Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
But while the school still stood relatively unscathed on its steel pilings more than 20 feet above the muck and wreckage, there were other problems inside.
—Emily Schwing, NPR, 10 Nov. 2025
The ashes have settled over the charred Louisville neighborhood where nine people remain missing and families cling to hope as investigators comb through the wreckage of Tuesday’s fatal UPS cargo plane crash.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
While the United States rose from the wreckage of the war to take its place as the youngest member of the family of nations, many other communities caught up in it had to fight just as long and just as hard to find their own footing in the brave new world that followed.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Wreckage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wreckage. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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wreckage
noun
wreck·age
ˈrek-ij 
1
a
: the act of wrecking
b
: the state of being wrecked
2
: the remains of a wreck
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