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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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The wreckage still blocks the main shipping channel for the Port of Baltimore and strangles a key economic artery to the region.
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Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
Removing the containers will help safely move the Dali from the wreckage site and allow for safe access to then remove sections of the bridge across the ship’s bow, according to the Key Bridge Response Unified Command.
—USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
But clinging to the wreckage of their homes, and hometowns, are residents who refuse to leave.
—Emile Ducke Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Women with their hair in curlers probed the wreckage.
—Jerome Hansen, Jack Schermerhorn, Ralph Nelson and Ken McCormick, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
At the center of the wreckage removal is a massive decades-old crane – the largest on the East Coast.
—Kathryn Fink, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
The Biden administration has approved $60 million in immediate aid to help clean the wreckage.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
During his Friday visit, Biden surveyed the wreckage and was scheduled to meet with family members of the six construction workers who died in the March 26 accident.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Dive teams were in the river Sunday surveying parts of the bridge underwater and checking on the ship to ensure it can be safely floated away once the wreckage is lifted.
—Mike Pesoli, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2024
Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
Removing the containers will help safely move the Dali from the wreckage site and allow for safe access to then remove sections of the bridge across the ship’s bow, according to the Key Bridge Response Unified Command.
—USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
But clinging to the wreckage of their homes, and hometowns, are residents who refuse to leave.
—Emile Ducke Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Women with their hair in curlers probed the wreckage.
—Jerome Hansen, Jack Schermerhorn, Ralph Nelson and Ken McCormick, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
At the center of the wreckage removal is a massive decades-old crane – the largest on the East Coast.
—Kathryn Fink, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
The Biden administration has approved $60 million in immediate aid to help clean the wreckage.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
During his Friday visit, Biden surveyed the wreckage and was scheduled to meet with family members of the six construction workers who died in the March 26 accident.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Dive teams were in the river Sunday surveying parts of the bridge underwater and checking on the ship to ensure it can be safely floated away once the wreckage is lifted.
—Mike Pesoli, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2024
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“Wreckage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wreckage. Accessed 19 Apr. 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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