Example Sentences

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Busch had wrecked Stenhouse on the second lap of the $1 million race Sunday night in a move that looked like retaliation for how Stenhouse had raced him earlier.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2024

Mrs Willis told the BBC the incident had "wrecked" her family.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023

The indictment said Nadine Menendez needed that new car because she had wrecked hers in an “accident.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 6, 2023

Stoker reportedly asked around the shore about shipwrecks in Whitby, notably the Dmitry, a ship that had wrecked five years earlier.

From National Geographic • Aug. 18, 2023

The quake had wrecked parts of downtown Anchorage and towns and villages across Alaska.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis