wreaks
- present tense form of wreak (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Garin said earlier this week that the archipelago nation also planned to boost the output of its coal-fired power plants to keep electricity costs down as the war wreaks havoc with gas shipments.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
They won us over with their mild pomposity and aloofness, whereas Rapaport’s annoyance wreaks collateral damage like a chronically unbathed person’s odor assails bystanders.
From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026
Participants say the air is thinner and the plunge downhill wreaks havoc on your body.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 17, 2025
Itoje is also in the pantheon - a lock who wreaks havoc with his power, his nous and his strategic brilliance.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025
So that, though a powerful nation may wrong its neighbors with temporary impunity, yet sooner or later an historian springs up, who wreaks ample chastisement on it in return.
From Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete by Irving, Washington
