Sentence examples for for wreaking from inspiring English sources

Elves have been blamed for wreaking havoc on construction projects across Iceland for decades.

Mr. Makarfi condemned the newspaper for publishing the article and the rioters for wreaking havoc.

But people at nearly every level of the concert business blame bots for wreaking all kinds of economic havoc.

The problem here is not to absolve Sherman, Doolittle or Nixon of responsibility for wreaking havoc on civilians.

Keynes focused exclusively on the plan's affordability, ignoring its potential for wreaking havoc with incentives and efficiency.

Every day, her employer condemns the unprecedented protests, now in their second month, for wreaking havoc on the city's transportation networks and economic vitality.

The jewel in Manchester United's crown looked capable of wreaking destruction, for all the Wearside attempts to crush him.

Though magic may theoretically be morally neutral, and many self-styled practitioners have claimed so, magicians have throughout European history usually been feared for their powers of wreaking evil.

My favourite story here is a nanotragicomedy by the great Thomas Bernhard, about a librarian who killed himself because "he could no longer bear to reshelve and lend out books that were only written for the sake of wreaking havoc, and this, he said, applied to every book that had ever been written".

Notoriously difficult to treat, eating disorders may persist for years, wreaking havoc not just on the patient's health and personal relationships but often on family finances, as well.

It's all about not walking away empty handed, about Mr. Boehner persuading his Republican members that they forced President Obama to give something up in exchange for not wreaking havoc on the economy.