How do you use Wreckage in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like part or portion, plus the exact meaning.
Wreckage in a sentence
Wreckage meaning
Something wrecked, especially the remains or debris of something which has been severely damaged or destroyed.
Using Wreckage
- The main meaning on this page is: Something wrecked, especially the remains or debris of something which has been severely damaged or destroyed.
- Useful related words include: part, portion.
- In the example corpus, wreckage often appears in combinations such as: the wreckage, wreckage of, wreckage and.
Context around Wreckage
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wreckage
- In this selection, "wreckage" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mangled, titanic, flaming and alongside stand out and add context to how "wreckage" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include from the wreckage and the mangled wreckage alongside 25. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wreckage" sits close to words such as antics, commuter and cosmetics, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wreckage
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the country would analyze the wreckage. (13 words)
Analysing the wreckage of Rovers’ trip to St Mary’s poses a difficult dilemma. (14 words)
Images show the wreckage of the coach resting on railway lines after crashing off an overpass. (16 words)
As an international group of agencies investigates why the Titan submersiblewhile carrying five people to the Titanic wreckage, U.S. maritime officials say they’ll issue a report aimed at improving the safety of submersibles worldwide. (36 words)
However, Theresa will insist she can prove herself useful, so she’ll offer to give Brady and Alex the metal briefcase that was found in the wreckage after Victor Kiriakis’ (John Aniston) plane crash. (34 words)
Emergency services were called to the scene at about 11.30pm, and found 10 bodies in the mangled wreckage alongside 25 guests who were injured, of which one is in a critical condition. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
A leather pouch with five crown symbols found in the wreckage is also thought to have been the property of one of James's servants.
An aerial photo taken on Wednesday from a drone shows emergency crews sifting through the wreckage of the crash that killed dozens and injured scores more.
Analysing the wreckage of Rovers’ trip to St Mary’s poses a difficult dilemma.
A portion of a three-story structure in Lower Manhattan caved in, leaving cars stacked atop one another and dust rising from the wreckage.
As an international group of agencies investigates why the Titan submersiblewhile carrying five people to the Titanic wreckage, U.S. maritime officials say they’ll issue a report aimed at improving the safety of submersibles worldwide.
A soldier stands in front of the wreckage of a Cessna C206 that crashed in the jungle of Solano in the Caqueta state of Colombia on May 18.
A tracker shows ships in the North Atlantic searching for a submersible vessel missing on a trip to explore the wreckage of the Titanic.
A wreckage of a helicopter believed to have gone missing has been found off the coast of NSW.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadian forces would recover and analyse the wreckage which had been flying over the northern Yukon territory.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the country would analyze the wreckage.
Eddie Treviño Jr., a judge in Cameron County, stated that 42-year-old Roberto Flores tragically perished when his mobile home collapsed, leaving him trapped and fatally crushed by the wreckage.
Ed Older walked through the wreckage, “we was here 16 years in this house, it’s bad in this side.
Emergency services were called to the scene at about 11.30pm, and found 10 bodies in the mangled wreckage alongside 25 guests who were injured, of which one is in a critical condition.
Emergency services were called to the scene of the crash and found ten bodies in the mangled wreckage alongside 25 guests who were injured, two critically.
Gut-wrenching footage that surfaced online showed the aircraft engulfed in flames and thick plumes of smoke coming from the wreckage.
Hamid was extracted from the wreckage and taken to the Skeldon Public Hospital in an unconscious state, where he was pronounced dead.
He looked up just in time to see the flaming wreckage come crashing down on top of him.
However, Theresa will insist she can prove herself useful, so she’ll offer to give Brady and Alex the metal briefcase that was found in the wreckage after Victor Kiriakis’ (John Aniston) plane crash.
I don't think there is any other possibility to locate any live or dead victim in this wreckage.
Images show the wreckage of the coach resting on railway lines after crashing off an overpass.
Common combinations with wreckage
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the wreckage 124×
- wreckage of 53×
- wreckage and 12×
- wreckage from 11×
- wreckage in 6×
- wreckage is 5×
- titanic wreckage 5×
- wreckage was 5×
- of wreckage 5×
- plane wreckage 4×