Sentence examples for a wrack from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a wrack" is not commonly used in modern English and may be considered incorrect in most contexts.
It can be used in specific literary or poetic contexts, often referring to destruction or ruin, but it is largely outdated.
Example: "The storm left a wrack of debris scattered across the beach."
Alternatives: "a wreck" or "a ruin".

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The vanishing budget surplus, campaign-finance reform and the rest have come and gone, leaving not a wrack behind.

She gave him a clout on the head with her club, "A son's a son," she said, "but a wrack's a wrack".

A glassy wet margin of sand, where the waves of a rising tide turned back, left a wrack of sea lettuce and sand dollars and long whiplike ropes of kelp.

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Most of the time, it starts with a wracking cough.

Young's performance, choreographed by Pite, is searingly physical as he flips between a wracked, gaping state of nightmare to an ironic, unreal calm.

You don't need to know a thing about Mercury Rev to appreciate what a wracked place the band was in when it recorded its 1998 masterpiece, Deserter's Songs.

A few tips for the gal on a budget: Wrack your brain for opportunities!

However, their measly five wins and a points differential of -279 were merely sniffles when measured against a body wracked on a cellular level.

Cool on a wire wrack.

Ensuring security on long stretches of road in a province wracked by a persistent, low-level insurgency is the biggest challenge to CPEC.

"That was quite a nerve-wracking and an incredible experience.

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