Sentence examples for a wreck of a from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a wreck of a" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe something or someone that is in a very poor or damaged condition, often emotionally or physically.
Example: "After the accident, his car was a wreck of a vehicle, barely recognizable."
Alternatives: "a mess of a" or "a disaster of a".

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Before I had a wreck of a car.

A wreck of a man, I leaped from a bridge, a window.

A couple bought a wreck of a plane on eBay to fix up.

DETROIT — Just a few years ago, as it plunged into bankruptcy, Chrysler was a wreck of a company.

He was a broken man, a wreck of a human being, and they left him to die in the gutter".

Liberia is still a wreck of a country, dirt poor, illiterate and corrupt, but these days it has elections that are free, fair, consequential and respected.

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The next year, he found a wreck of an old coal cellar and, with friends, built a bar.

The scale of the catastrophe became clear after three survivors who were rescued by the Italian Navy told aid workers 117 migrants had died in a wreck of an inflatable dinghy.

The icefish may be a wreck of ancient life, but it's a wonderful wreck.

It was a train wreck of a matchup.

Sadly, Iraq is a much divided wreck of a country.

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