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.
  • More lanes may be blocked to pull apart the wreckage.
    — Kris Habermehl, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • So many people are hurt in the wreckage.
    — EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • There was no wreckage at the point of impact.
    — Hank Tester, CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • The main wreckage came to a rest at the bottom of a steep slope.
    — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Both engines were present with the main wreckage.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Neighbors cheered as she was pulled from the wreckage.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • The lifeboat that was pulled down was still tethered to the wreckage.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 1 Mar. 2023
  • This is a pear tree that was found alive in the wreckage of the towers.
    — Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2021
  • The wreckage doesn’t happen on its own.
    — EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • After about six-and-a-half hours, the girls were freed from the wreckage.
    — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Experts have not yet been able to go inside the wreckage.
    — Jamey Keaten, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2026
  • But how the body repairs this kind of wreckage has been a source of mystery.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Crews spent up to two hours working to free Kaity from the wreckage.
    — Marissa Perlman, CBS News, 27 May 2026
  • The wreckage and the three bodies were found four days later.
    — Jeff Wise, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Photos from the scene showed a plume of smoke rising near the wreckage.
    — Sophia Compton , Morgan Phillips, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
  • And that’s when the wreckage from the illness hits the hardest.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The wreckage burned and forced hundreds of people from their homes.
    — Alex Presha, ABC News, 16 May 2024
  • Greg sees the smoke from afar and finds Katie standing in front of the wreckage.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
  • In the wreckage, agents found a used pill press covered in blue fentanyl residue.
    — Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2023
  • In the meantime, the Nets are left with the wreckage of what could have been.
    — Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Thankfully, among the wreckage of these bills, there are lessons to be learned.
    — Anthony Kinnett, National Review, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Saling picked up a piece of the wreckage, clutched it to her chest, and began to cry.
    — Anna Russel, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
  • No other remains were found in the wreckage.
    — Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The crash initially shut down all lanes in the area as crews worked to clear the wreckage.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The names of the two people found dead in the wreckage of the home has not yet been released.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 13 May 2025
  • Two broken palm trees rested on the wreckage.
    — Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Singh — and others like him — are now grappling with how to live and work amid the wreckage.
    — Sasha Hupka, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025

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