How do you use Wrack in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like seaweed or destroy, plus the exact meaning.
Wrack meaning
- Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble.
- Ruin; destruction.
- The remains of something; a wreck.
Synonyms of Wrack
Using Wrack
- The main meaning on this page is: Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble. | Ruin; destruction. | The remains of something; a wreck.
- Useful related words include: seaweed, destroy, wreck, bust up.
- In the example corpus, wrack often appears in combinations such as: matt wrack, wrack and, suzanne wrack.
Context around Wrack
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wrack
- In this selection, "wrack" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, matt, suzanne, suzy, general, fbu and fire stand out and add context to how "wrack" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include according to wrack backers is and as you wrack your brains. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wrack" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wrack
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Suzanne Wrack was at Old Trafford to report on the game. (11 words)
The real problem, according to Wrack backers, is that the union is under attack. (14 words)
Stepping into the batter’s box can wrack nerves at any level of baseball. (14 words)
Talking of which, even if granite-like dispositions can scuttle boats, even if yachts called ‘Wrack’ can invite riffs on ‘wrack and ruin’ or ‘wreck’, I like everything I know about Creed and Given O’Hanlon. (36 words)
Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, said there was 'no way of knowing if evacuation could have saved more lives' and it could have led to further fatalities. (31 words)
He’s performed in the Bay Area several times over the past 15 years, most frequently in Wrack, an ensemble created by oboe explorer/composer Kyle Bruckmann. (27 words)
Example sentences (17)
Talking of which, even if granite-like dispositions can scuttle boats, even if yachts called ‘Wrack’ can invite riffs on ‘wrack and ruin’ or ‘wreck’, I like everything I know about Creed and Given O’Hanlon.
Suzanne Wrack was at Old Trafford to report on the game.
Matt Wrack, Fire Brigades Union general secretary, said: “Firefighters have once again been called to cladding fire which could have resulted in tragedy.
Mr Wrack, who is the Fire Brigades Union general secretary, said: “Diane Abbott is a powerful, popular advocate for Labour.
The general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, Matt Wrack, called Labour’s policy on bankers bonuses “utterly daft”.
The real problem, according to Wrack backers, is that the union is under attack.
At the same time, the demand for firefighters to respond to severe extreme weather events has increased, said Matt Wrack, general secretary of the union.
Matt Wrack, FBU General Secretary, said that "the last thing" the families of key workers needed was "to fight a battle for compensation".
Stepping into the batter’s box can wrack nerves at any level of baseball.
Suzanne Wrack was there to see England get swatted aside by a half-fit team of Americans interrupting their off season to play in the tournament.
Suzy Wrack in The Guardian and Orla Chennaoui in the Metro were two of many women to have articulated this especially well.
He’s performed in the Bay Area several times over the past 15 years, most frequently in Wrack, an ensemble created by oboe explorer/composer Kyle Bruckmann.
Matt Wrack, FBU firefighters’ union general secretary, said, “The truth is that the fire spread the way it did because it was wrapped in flammable cladding.
Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, said there was 'no way of knowing if evacuation could have saved more lives' and it could have led to further fatalities.
Let that sink in as you wrack your brains thinking up some more of your “witty barbs”.
Among these combatants are some characters either drawn from or based on those in Doom (" Doomguy "), Quake (Ranger, Wrack), and Quake II (Bitterman, Tank Jr., Grunt, Stripe).
Beach wildlife main A Kemp's ridley sea turtle nesting on the berm section of the beach, beyond can be seen plant debris in the wrack line.
Common combinations with wrack
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: