Sentence examples for In wreck from inspiring English sources

Veeck wrote, with Ed Linn, Veeck as in Wreck (1962), The Hustler's Handbook (1965), and Thirty Tons a Day (1972).

Veeck's autobiography, "Veeck — as in Wreck," written with Ed Linn, is a classic on the sports shelf.

After he got the commission, he rented a house in Wreck Cove, and brought some musicians — T. Griffin, Picciotto, and Jim White — with him.

One of baseball's most famous -- and outspoken -- owners tells his story in Veeck -- As in Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck, with Ed Linn (University of Chicago, $16).

"My first problem," Veeck wrote in his book "Veeck as in Wreck," "was that the best shortstop in baseball was, in my opinion, not the best manager".

Writing in The New York Times in 1986, Mr. Linn told of working with Mr. Veeck, the owner of the Indians, Browns and White Sox, on "Veeck -- As in Wreck".

IN "WRECK-IT Ralph", an animated film about the off-duty life of video game characters, the titular bad guy winds up in a racing program called Sugar Rush, and ultimately befriends an unpopular character named Vanellope von Schweetz.

In "Wrecks," everything important lies between the lines.

For his part, James was influential in wrecking the Scottish scrum last weekend.

Experts say the South China Sea abounds in wrecks lost to storms, piracy and ineptitude.

On days off it still goes in — wrecking balls are workaholics.