Example Sentences

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Asked if he thinks Stenhouse will wreck him, Busch replied, “I don’t think he will.”

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024

I have my own trigger warnings, things that will wreck my entire day if I see or read about.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2021

I fear this will wreck my marriage and leave me at a high running rate of annoyance and frustration with them.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2021

“If you have ever been a child, raised a child, lost a child or met a child — or a mother — this movie will wreck you,” A.O.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2016

A very small rock will wreck a very big ship, and a very small slip will spoil a very long life.

From Hints for Lovers by Haultain, T. Arnold (Theodore Arnold)