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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Sparks fly from the wreckage like shooting stars falling from heaven.
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Kyffin Simpson flipped over during Fast Friday, with Colton Herta went airborne during Saturday's qualifying.
2025 INDY 500 ODDS: KYLE LARSON DROPS ON BOARD AFTER QUALIFYING 21ST
McLaughlin was able to emerge from the wreckage and appeared to avoid any major injuries.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2025
In the immediate aftermath, the videos showed, some people were hanging from the wreckage by ropes, and others inched along on their bellies toward the center.
—Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 18 May 2025
The nearest thing to an outside witness is Betty (Barbara Auer), the sad-eyed woman whose gaze Laura met just before, and who rescues her from the wreckage with reassuring calm, taking her back to her unassuming but inviting farmhouse.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 May 2025
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Kyffin Simpson flipped over during Fast Friday, with Colton Herta went airborne during Saturday's qualifying.
2025 INDY 500 ODDS: KYLE LARSON DROPS ON BOARD AFTER QUALIFYING 21ST
McLaughlin was able to emerge from the wreckage and appeared to avoid any major injuries.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2025
In the immediate aftermath, the videos showed, some people were hanging from the wreckage by ropes, and others inched along on their bellies toward the center.
—Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 18 May 2025
The nearest thing to an outside witness is Betty (Barbara Auer), the sad-eyed woman whose gaze Laura met just before, and who rescues her from the wreckage with reassuring calm, taking her back to her unassuming but inviting farmhouse.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 May 2025
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“Wreckage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wreckage. Accessed 28 May. 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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