train wreck
noun
an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
trainwreck
-
a variation of
train wreck.
Example Sentences
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Whether the slow-moving trainwreck can get back on track.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
It is difficult to determine the full impact of Skrmetti because it is so strangely constructed—a series of half-arguments and specious assumptions stitched together into one analytic trainwreck.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2025
I wasn't the medical trainwreck suggested by my medical history, though I recognized my problems were difficult to ignore.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2022
So, the toxic smog is but a visible symbol of India's trainwreck of a relationship with its water.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2022
And my flawless eighteen-year streak of not wearing hideous trainwreck ball gowns.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
