work
noun
has wrought
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present perfectof work (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Threatened in peacetime by deforestation, intensive agriculture, urbanisation, pollution, hunting and climate change, Russia's 2022 invasion has wrought yet more suffering on Ukraine's birdlife.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
In the world we still manage to call real, one only has to turn on the news to see the self-inflicted carnage this obsession has wrought.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
It has wrought havoc on services, production and sales, and many people are likely to lose their jobs, he said.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024
Climate change has profoundly shaped the lives of the 16 plaintiffs, both through psychological distress and the damage it has wrought to their homes and cultural heritage.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2023
Longtime visitors to the Khumbu are saddened by the boom in tourism and the change it has wrought on what early Western climbers regarded as an earthly paradise, a real-life Shangri-La.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
