How do you use Shipwreck in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like ruin or subject, plus the exact meaning.
Shipwreck meaning
- A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.
- An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
- Destruction; disaster; failure; ruin; irretrievable loss.
Using Shipwreck
- The main meaning on this page is: A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains. | An event where a ship sinks or runs aground. | Destruction; disaster; failure; ruin; irretrievable loss.
- Useful related words include: ruin, subject, miscarry, go wrong.
- In the example corpus, shipwreck often appears in combinations such as: the shipwreck, shipwreck and, shipwreck in.
Context around Shipwreck
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shipwreck
- In this selection, "shipwreck" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, titanic, roman, italian, carrying, lies and heads stand out and add context to how "shipwreck" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a tragic shipwreck and after a shipwreck in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shipwreck" sits close to words such as adaptability, alam and arable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shipwreck
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It began with a severed ear, a shipwreck and a mutiny. (11 words)
Sure, I miss bands like The God Eaters and Shipwreck Kelly. (11 words)
OS 35 shipwreck heads out of Gibraltar waters aboard barge on its. (12 words)
It later emerges that the group - a 13-year-old boy, two men and a woman - are the only survivors of a shipwreck that they say killed the other 41 people they were travelling with. (35 words)
Today, updated this awesome collection in a big way with six new action figures that include Hector "Shipwreck" Delgado, Craig "Rock 'n Roll" McConnel, David "Bazooka" Katzenbogen, Edward "Torpedo" Leiaioha, Copperhead, and Scrap-Iron. (34 words)
It is unclear where exactly the sub went missing but the US Coast Guard said it was searching 900 miles east of Cape Cod – where the famed Titanic shipwreck lies beneath the surface. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
After a shipwreck in the Pacific, a teenage boy named Pi survives on a boat with a zebra, hyena, orangutan and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger.
An ancient Roman shipwreck carrying hundreds of amphorae was discovered off the harbour city of Civitavecchia, Italy.
In both movies, the mermaid Ariel wants out of her widowed father’s underwater kingdom and into the arms of the earthbound merchant prince whom she rescues in a shipwreck.
It began with a severed ear, a shipwreck and a mutiny.
It is unclear where exactly the sub went missing but the US Coast Guard said it was searching 900 miles east of Cape Cod – where the famed Titanic shipwreck lies beneath the surface.
It later emerges that the group - a 13-year-old boy, two men and a woman - are the only survivors of a shipwreck that they say killed the other 41 people they were travelling with.
Its remains are described as a hulk rather than a shipwreck, as there was no wrecking event.
Khaama: The Embassy of Afghanistan in Italy said in a statement that the identity of 32 Afghans had been confirmed as the victims of the Italian shipwreck.
Organisers have also teamed up with Holland House in Cropthorne for four events - John Donne, Gloucestershire Observed, Richard III: From Car Park to Reburial, and SS Suevic: A Tale of Shipwreck and Survival.
OS 35 shipwreck heads out of Gibraltar waters aboard barge on its.
Shy Pi (Abeysekera), hiding under a hospital bed in Mexico, tells investigators how his childhood in Pondicherry, India, led to him being the sole survivor of a tragic shipwreck.
Sure, I miss bands like The God Eaters and Shipwreck Kelly.
The Bianca C, also known as the ‘Titanic of the Caribbean’ is rated among the top shipwreck diving sites in the world.
The boat had set off from the Libyan city of Zwara with about 86 people, the agency said, citing survivors of the shipwreck.
The first full-sized 3D scan of the Titanic shipwreck published on Wednesday may reveal more details about the ocean liner’s fateful journey across the Atlantic more than a century ago.
The shipwreck is the deadliest off the Greek coast so far this year.
The sub lost contact while making its descent towards the shipwreck (Image: mirror.
The world's most famous shipwreck has been revealed as never seen before.
Today, updated this awesome collection in a big way with six new action figures that include Hector "Shipwreck" Delgado, Craig "Rock 'n Roll" McConnel, David "Bazooka" Katzenbogen, Edward "Torpedo" Leiaioha, Copperhead, and Scrap-Iron.
We get a chance to see nearly all of the main players in the film and some other scenes, including the shipwreck and a sneak peek of the contract signing scene.
Common combinations with shipwreck
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the shipwreck 24×
- shipwreck and 12×
- shipwreck in 8×
- from shipwreck 7×
- of shipwreck 6×
- shipwreck is 5×
- in shipwreck 4×
- titanic shipwreck 4×
- shipwreck that 4×
- shipwreck off 4×