wreck
noun
any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
were 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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Rather, he yelled at them in a private meeting, complaining that by threatening to stop the war, they were wrecking his bargaining power in the ongoing peace talks.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
Eventually, rescuers were able to send down a pair of trainers to replace the cut-down miners' boots he was running in and which were wrecking his feet with blisters and sores.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 17, 2010
And that was an object lesson for me about the ways that my expectations, not only about how things would go, but how they would respond, were wrecking it for people.
From Slate
While he was about it, Modelman Conover revived the tried-&-true cry of the '20s: fashion designers were wrecking women's health by making them look like matchsticks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Amid the manias which were wrecking his mind, he had remained a man of figures with a passion for arithmetical accuracy, and he protested.
From Fruitfulness by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
