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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Crews and investigators spent days recovering the wreckage.
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 8 May 2025
The remains were found among the wreckage of the Emanuel Point II, a Spanish ship that sank in September 1559 near what is now Pensacola, Florida.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025
After the wreckage was discovered, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), the University of Delaware and the Royal Danish Navy recovered human remains and other evidence.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
But for now, as the wreckage continued smoldering, the No. 1 priority was trying to keep the few survivors alive, followed closely by an equally taxing task: notifying the dozens of families of passengers who didn’t make it.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2025
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 8 May 2025
The remains were found among the wreckage of the Emanuel Point II, a Spanish ship that sank in September 1559 near what is now Pensacola, Florida.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025
After the wreckage was discovered, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), the University of Delaware and the Royal Danish Navy recovered human remains and other evidence.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
But for now, as the wreckage continued smoldering, the No. 1 priority was trying to keep the few survivors alive, followed closely by an equally taxing task: notifying the dozens of families of passengers who didn’t make it.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Wreckage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wreckage. Accessed 19 May. 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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