wreck
noun
any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
was wrecking
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past progressiveof wreck.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In doing so, these parents removed the flashing connectivity that was wrecking sleep schedules, domestic harmony and peace of mind everywhere else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
“I was wrecking or winning this thing, There was no other option.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
Rivelino Verá Gabriel said soy farming was wrecking the lifestyle of the South American nation's Mbya Guarani people.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2021
By 1999, she was listed as the fifth-richest woman in the British Isles, but fame was wrecking her nervous system.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 13, 2018
Who was it that dogged and haunted her, that was wrecking and ruining her life?
From The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)
