Sentence examples for wreak not from inspiring English sources

But behind the headlines and jokes was a life almost unimaginably sad, a harrowing portrait of the devastation that mental illness can wreak not just on an individual but on an entire family.

America has seen the violence racism can wreak not only in Charlottesville but in cities across the country, which saw a spike in hate crimes in the months after Trump was elected.

The test critics are forever citing the supposed damage that standards-based reform wreaks not only on their own children but also on disadvantaged students.

"I was writing it surrounded by the wreckage of the economic boom and the devastation it had wreaked – not just financially, but psychologically and morally – on great swaths of my generation," French says.

Are Milanese prosecutors "fully aware of the incalculable damage that this episode wreaks not on the prime minister, but on the image of Italy and Italians around the world in such a delicate moment for the economic and financial stability of the country?" asked Daniela Santanché, a junior cabinet member.

THE decision by Standard & Poor's to strip the Netherlands of its coveted AAA rating is a vivid illustration of the damage that the euro crisis has wreaked not just on the troubled economies of southern Europe but also within the northern core.

The immediate carnage that an oil spill can wreak does not normally lead to lasting environmental damage, though that may not hold for delicate wetlands already under lots of other stress.

In nine months, a law on the books, the Budget Control Act of 2011, will wreak havoc not only on the operations of federal government, but our entire economy, if lawmakers do not agree on an alternative approach to cutting the budget.

The fear has long been that it could escape and wreak havoc, not only in Italy but also across the entire euro area.

The changes that the best movies wreak may not be perceptible in any reasoned public discourse close to the time of their release.

Whatever transformation I thought separation would wreak has not ensued: things I thought were wrong with our relationship have turned out, chasteningly, to be wrong with me.