How to Use wreckage in a Sentence

wreckage

noun

• They cleared the wreckage from the track.
• Workers sifted through the wreckage of the building, searching for bodies.
• The lifeboat that was pulled down was still tethered to the wreckage.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 1 Mar. 2023
• After about six-and-a-half hours, the girls were freed from the wreckage.
  — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
• In the dark below, a great white shark hunts in the wreckage and is drawn to the smell of fresh blood in the water.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Oct. 2023
• At the center of the wreckage removal is a massive decades-old crane – the largest on the East Coast.
  — Kathryn Fink, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
• Parts of the wreckage washed ashore and were recovered.
  — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
• The wreckage in Odessa was far worse than in Moscow or Crimea.
  — Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
• He was pulled from the wreckage by witness Nathaniel Jahn.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2024
• The cleanup of the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge is underway.
  — Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
• But how the body repairs this kind of wreckage has been a source of mystery.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
• An image posted by the city showed what appeared to be the wreckage of one of the planes.
  — Joe Studley, NBC News, 19 Aug. 2022
• Titan wreckage was found on the ocean floor about 550 yards from the bow of the Titanic.
  — oregonlive, 6 July 2023
• First responders remained on the scene through the night to clear the wreckage.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 16 July 2022
• In less than 30 seconds, the wreckage of the Beechcraft appeared beneath the right wing.
  — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
• In the wreckage below, men pulled the limp body of a child from under a slab next to a burning car.
  — Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2023
• The strike reduced the house to a vast crater blanketed with wreckage.
  — TIME, 17 Oct. 2023
• The wreckage burned and forced hundreds of people from their homes.
  — Alex Presha, ABC News, 16 May 2024
• In the wreckage, agents found a used pill press covered in blue fentanyl residue.
  — Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2023
• Most of the dead died from Russian bombs, missiles, and their wreckage.
  — ELLE, 24 May 2022
• One boy, his face covered in blood, cried as workers dug him out of the dirt and wreckage.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2023
• But photos of the wreckage were soon passed around by his deputies via text and AirDrop.
  — Alene Tchekmedyianstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022
• Hours later, workers pulled a body out of the wreckage and placed it in a black plastic bag.
  — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
• Parts of the wreckage from the aircraft later washed ashore and were recovered.
  — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024
• He was not poisoned with a weapons-grade toxin or found in the wreckage of an aircraft that plunged from the sky.
  — Greg Miller, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
• In the dark below, the ultimate apex predator — a great white shark — hunts in the wreckage and is drawn to the smell of fresh blood in the water.
  — Alex Ritman, Variety, 13 Feb. 2024
• The pilot and people nearby who saw the plane go down were able to get four of the passengers out of the wreckage.
  — Chris Boyette, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022
• The main fire may be out but everyone will be picking through the wreckage for some time.
  — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
• Among the biggest threats were the ubiquitous piles of Helene wreckage.
  — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
• Many of those areas are still piled with debris and wreckage from Helene.
  — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024