Sentence examples for were salvaged from inspiring English sources
verb
Of property, people or situations at risk, to rescue.
"They were salvaged from a century-old farmhouse nearby".
They were salvaged pieces of wood from around Chicago.
The 19th-century marble sinks were salvaged from Turkish bathhouses and Italian villas, Ms. Antreasyan said.
Most ships sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor were salvaged – except the USS Arizona.
Our holiday plans were salvaged, however, by making last-minute plane reservations on commuter-type flights.
Some were salvaged and presented by the Brooklyn Dodger Hall of Fame to former Dodger players.
The shipwrecks were salvaged by the scrap metal industry operating in Surabaya and Madura, Indonesia.
Most of the wood and bricks were salvaged from Vermont barns and churches.
Several interior doors were salvaged from an older house in El Paso.
The leaded-glass windows were salvaged by family members and friends, typical of a TreeHouse Workshop design.
PERSONAL SPACES: Nine-foot doors leading to the master bedroom were salvaged from a church in Mexico.
