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

She’s been on something of a tear on X recently, railing against the alleged societal destruction that women’s equality has wrought.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

Oedipus sees himself as an answer to the demagogic manipulation that has wrought havoc.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

The UN's refugee agency said the floods were a "devastating" event that has wrought "death and destruction".

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2024

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