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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Efforts remain underway to rescue two additional people still believed to be inside the wreckage, the Mexican Navy said.
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Carleton stood on the tarmac and watched two firefighters dive from the plane just as part of the wreckage exploded.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 20 Dec. 2025
All four corners of the airplane and flight control surfaces have been identified in the wreckage and the debris field.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
Only the tail was recognizable as the wreckage burned, videos showed.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 18 Dec. 2025
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Carleton stood on the tarmac and watched two firefighters dive from the plane just as part of the wreckage exploded.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 20 Dec. 2025
All four corners of the airplane and flight control surfaces have been identified in the wreckage and the debris field.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
Only the tail was recognizable as the wreckage burned, videos showed.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Wreckage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wreckage. Accessed 26 Dec. 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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