Examples of wreckage in a Sentence
Workers sifted through the wreckage of the building, searching for bodies.
They cleared the wreckage from the track.
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The team of masons, covered in dust and sweat, had been working in the ruins of the Altadena house for hours when a shout echoed across the wreckage.
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Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
Other videos show villagers gathered nearby, watching as black smoke continues to billow from the wreckage.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Night Watch studied the wreckage and then tweaked the Lima jammer and the plan for deploying the jammer, Kazarian said.
—David Axe, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Neighbor John Green found Pickering’s body in the wreckage of a building just across the street from Green’s home.
—TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
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Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
Other videos show villagers gathered nearby, watching as black smoke continues to billow from the wreckage.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Night Watch studied the wreckage and then tweaked the Lima jammer and the plan for deploying the jammer, Kazarian said.
—David Axe, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Neighbor John Green found Pickering’s body in the wreckage of a building just across the street from Green’s home.
—TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Wreckage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wreckage. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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wreckage
noun
wreck·age
ˈrek-ij 
1
a
: the act of wrecking
b
: the state of being wrecked
2
: the remains of a wreck
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