Sentence examples for were wreaked from inspiring English sources
verb
To cause, inflict or let out, especially if causing harm or injury.
- The earthquake wreaked havoc in the city.
When I look back now at that submersion, I'm still gripped with panic: my wedding will never occur, my unborn children will remain so through eternity — tragedies that were wreaked by my vain insistence on striking out alone.
"God's just wrath shall be wreaked on a giant wrong".
School leaders are in fear of the next decision that might be wreaked upon our schools.
The body of our country is wreaked by a raging fever called hunger".
Mr Erdogan's government is facing a growing domestic backlash because of the instability being wreaked by the crisis.
Today, smaller and smaller units can wreak larger and larger havoc — and whatever havoc is wreaked now gets spread faster and farther than ever before.
About the last wholesale plundering & ravaging in history was wreaked on us by the invading British in the War of 1812.
The Pope has warned of the "unprecedented destruction" that could soon be wreaked by climate change in a worldwide decree calling for a "cultural revolution" to stop it.
Yet, as I reported last week, that honour is under threat following the havoc that's being wreaked in Edinburgh's loveliest spaces.
They worry about the havoc that could be wreaked if a virus were introduced that prevented a major bank from reconciling its books.
Most disturbing, perhaps, is the damage being wreaked on the infrastructure, the local voluntary sector umbrella groups such as CSV and volunteer centres.
