How to Use wreak in a Sentence

wreak

verb

• Gangs have been wreaking mayhem in the city.
• To be sure, the virus has wreaked havoc in so many ways.
  — Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com, 21 May 2020
• Brynn is forced to clean up the havoc of the strange creature which has wreaked chaos across her town.
  — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
• But the storms wreak their greatest havoc on the health of the Middle East's people and their economies.
  — Sophie Tremblay, CNN, 25 May 2022
• The havoc that space wreaks on the human body is insane!
  — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2024
• The Spurs, of course, are all too familiar with the havoc the Hawks’ pint-sized point guard can wreak.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2021
• World War Hulk has Hulk return to Earth to wreak havoc.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 25 Aug. 2022
• All of this could be a recipe for the coronavirus to wreak even more havoc in the coming months.
  — Megan Molteni, Wired, 12 Nov. 2020
• Many viruses are already known to wreak havoc in the brain.
  — Sharon Guynup, Science, 29 Dec. 2021
• That kind of extreme heat will wreak havoc on your hair.
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 15 Sep. 2020
• The senior duo of Prior Borick and Julia Bazylevych is ready to wreak havoc.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
• And the product surplus could wreak havoc on the supply chain next year.
  — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 19 June 2020
• The virus can wreak havoc even when schools put sharp limits on face-to-face teaching.
  — Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2020
• Did the defense wreak havoc and cause turnovers? Kerry Coombs dialed up four blitzes in the first half.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2021
• Droughts and floods wreak damage throughout the nation.
  — Karim Doumar, ProPublica, 11 Jan. 2021
• The changes could wreak havoc on some tech business models.
  — Fortune, 16 Mar. 2021
• But the minerals in such H2O can wreak havoc on your plumbing and skin.
  — Gabrielle Hondorp, Popular Mechanics, 14 Sep. 2020
• Don't just watch out for the sun — getting too close to heaters and fireplaces can also wreak havoc on your skin.
  — Katie Berohn, Good Housekeeping, 26 May 2020
• At least 35 people have been confirmed dead as dozens of major fires wreak havoc on the West Coast.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2020
• Kang doesn’t need the Infinity Stones to wreak havoc in the universe.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 17 July 2021
• The driver's brief visit to the store gave the bears enough time to get inside the van and wreak delicious havoc on its contents.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
• Online tricksters have already found ways to wreak havoc with the site’s own tools.
  — Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2020
• But even with winds at 70 mph, the tornado wreaked plenty of havoc.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 12 Nov. 2024
• The virus has wreaked havoc on the country as the British government looks to reopen the economy.
  — Fox News, 8 May 2020
• Covid continued to wreak havoc on the country and the economy.
  — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 10 Nov. 2022
• What a relief for viewers to watch doofuses wreak havoc and be able to laugh, not cry.
  — Adrienne Matei, The Atlantic, 26 July 2022
• In the winter, a thick one relieves you of the need for a winter hat, which can wreak havoc on natural hair.
  — New York Times, 2 Mar. 2021
• The drugs seemed to wreak havoc on his mind and his home life; steroids are known to cause nervousness, restlessness, and mood swings.
  — Garrett M. Graff, Wired, 12 Aug. 2020
• This omission wreaks of the same pettiness that led to several other Ngannou scrubs from UFC production.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
• Any business leader knows last-minute changes can wreak operational havoc.
  — Alan Baratz, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 8 Mar 2025