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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 wind was howling and people were strewn along the highway amid the wreckage of a Mercedes GLE 350 and a Kia Sorrento.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
Since then, the ship has been stuck amidst the wreckage and Baltimore's busy port has been closed to most maritime traffic.
—CBS News, 13 May 2024
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
Since then, the ship has been stuck amidst the wreckage and Baltimore's busy port has been closed to most maritime traffic.
—CBS News, 13 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for wreckage
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“Wreckage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wreckage. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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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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