How to Use salvage in a Sentence

salvage

1 of 2 noun

• The ship was beyond salvage.
• Crews were able to isolate the fire damage to the third floor with salvage covers.
  — Sofia Saric, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
• In due course, the salvage divers brought to the surface all that survived of the vessel’s rich cargo.
  — William Dalrymple, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2022
• That’s the book that might’ve helped Benioff and Weiss salvage season 8 all those years ago.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 17 June 2022
• The two week wait-time is necessary to minimize the shock to the tree during the salvage process.
  — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2022
• As a result, this part of a salvage mission can take many weeks.
  — Jason Sherman, Scientific American, 2 May 2022
• The author, in his high school and early college years, moved next door to a salvage yard.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2023
• Old fixtures are often bought by the clients from salvage yards.
  — Alina Dizik, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022
• The man is expected to help coordinate the salvage of the boat.
  — Brie Stimson, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2023
• The ship itself was a complete loss without any chance of salvage.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Feb. 2023
• Known as the Navajo class, these are built for towing, rescue and salvage work.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 31 Aug. 2023
• Whether the salvage system would take part in any rescue now rested on a knife edge.
  — Alex Christian, WIRED, 29 June 2023
• The fire went out before the sinking, while salvage crews were preparing to tow the ship toward shore.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2022
• One of the great salvage operations in NFL annals has made the Dolphins fun to watch.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2023
• When the fire finally went out on February 25, a salvage team was dispatched to tow the boat back to land.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2022
• Since the 1994 salvage rights granting, RMST has gathered thousands of items and put them on view for millions to see.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 30 Aug. 2023
• The Navy would only use the ocean salvage system if there were pieces large enough to require the use of the specialized equipment.
  — Jennifer McDermott and Steve Leblanc, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
• In that scenario, Evergreen will be required to pay for the salvage.
  — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2022
• The salvage contractors would likely use a cable or floats to lift the plane, Cleveland said.
  — Henri Hollis, ajc, 12 Sep. 2022
• Rough seas slowed the salvage effort on Sunday, which is taking place in about 50 feet of water.
  — Alex Horton, Dan Lamothe, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Feb. 2023
• His insurer agreed, and Betty was written off and sent to a salvage yard.
  — WIRED, 17 Nov. 2023
• Two days later, the fire fighters and salvage crews are waiting for the blaze to go out before boarding the vessel.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 July 2023
• The owner of a nearby salvage yard, Joe Kennedy, is now a person of interest.
  — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2022
• The salvage crafts will remain around the area to monitor the situation.
  — Laura Sky Brown, Car and Driver, 1 Mar. 2022
• Oregon’s four-year-old roadkill salvage program for deer and elk has been so successful, it’s made it to the menu.
  — oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2023
• The collateral means that, when an issuer sinks beneath the waves, the loan has some salvage value.
  — William Baldwin, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2022
• It’s expected to be ready for delivery in late 2024, and Austal will build at least three more of the towing, rescue and salvage ships.
  — al, 29 Jan. 2023
• Meanwhile, the vessel's owner is working on a salvage plan.
  — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2023
• While the engine is largely still stock, the guy who found this machine in an Abu Dhabi salvage yard took all the emissions off the engine, including limiters.
  — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2024
• But the quantities used in vaping devices are too small to warrant salvage.
  — Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023

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salvage

2 of 2 verb

• Divers salvaged some of the sunken ship's cargo.
• Few of their possessions were salvaged from the fire.
• He is trying to salvage his marriage.
• Notice the old iron gates (salvaged, of course) and the fountain.
  — Page Leggett, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• The Beavers, who went 1-2 against ASU, need a win today to salvage a split in their trip to the desert.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2023
• Jansen & Jones salvaged a podium spot with a win in the bronze medal match.
  — Todd Boss, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• The moose was retrieved and its meat salvaged and processed.
  — CBS News, 7 Mar. 2024
• If that doesn’t work, the only way to salvage it may be to dye the whole bag a darker color.
  — Yolanda Wikiel, wsj.com, 13 Sep. 2023
• If there’s a way to salvage things and bear-hug the name and brand, nothing of substance changes for the Aztecs in a travel sense.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2023
• Adults sift through the dust and rubble for anything worth salvaging.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2024
• Here's how to find replacement parts to salvage your beloved Crock-Pot and put it to work again.
  — Maggie Burch, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2023
• Here's how to salvage the seeds and cook them five different ways.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2023
• The rules are in place so that the meat of the animal can be salvaged and something positive can come from the death.
  — Victor Mather, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• Alex Cora, the coaches, and the players have done well in salvaging the season.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
• No food is worth salvaging for a bout of food poisoning.
  — Susan Choung, Good Housekeeping, 25 Apr. 2023
• Summer and Gilles Gerling sought to salvage keepsakes from the ashes of their home.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
• To see the truth and salvage her legacy, Bertie must let go of the pride that estranged her from her late college-dropout daughter.
  — Josie Howell | , al, 9 Apr. 2023
• But lots of questions linger as the team looks to salvage something good from what will be a losing season.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2022
• Lin did not completely agree with Google and Apple that users had no hopes of salvaging their suit.
  — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2024
• The divers are working to recover and salvage an aircraft lost at sea.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 Feb. 2023
• When one piece is lost or destroyed, the team can salvage the project by swapping in a ready-to-go replacement.
  — Popular Mechanics, 4 Jan. 2023
• Many of their holdings are salvaged from attics, antique shops, book fairs, and garage sales.
  — Michael Casey, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Jan. 2024
• Health care providers will be available, and there will be guidance for salvaging any items at the properties.
  — CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
• There still is time for Kyle Lowry to salvage his Heat tenure, but the clock certainly is ticking.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2023
• The storm system may pull away in time to salvage at least Sunday afternoon.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
• And if these young Black men can’t see through the scrim of history and race and policing to salvage a shred of empathy, then who can?
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023
• The malachite pieces were salvaged from the making of other watches at Bulgari.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2024
• For the next 13 days, wrecking crews and the U.S. Lifesaving Service tried to salvage the vessel but were unable to.
  — Hannah Hernandez, Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2023
• The back porch has a wine table Jack made from wood salvaged during the renovation.
  — Page Leggett, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• And no amount of puppy love can salvage the woof-worthy dialogue.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024