shipwreck
noun
the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
had shipwrecked
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past perfectof shipwreck.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But it was part of my just punishment that, when I most needed help, you should be far abroad searching for the very island on which I had shipwrecked all.
From Foe-Farrell by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
She had shipwrecked her own happiness in rejecting Godfrey Holmes; but it seemed to her to be the proper thing that a well-behaved young lady should shipwreck her own happiness.
From The Mistletoe Bough by Anthony Trollope
Fate had shipwrecked her, and now it was decreed that the sun should shine and the sea subside in smiling peace.
From Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book by Emma G. Moore
She said to herself that she had shipwrecked her husband once by putting in her oar, and she was not going to do it again.
From The Story of a Play A Novel by William Dean Howells
He had shipwrecked his partners' prospects in his absurd vanity and pride!
From From Sand Hill to Pine by Bret Harte
