Sentence examples for wreaking in from inspiring English sources

They didn't know what havoc defendants might be wreaking in other boroughs.

And while his grasp of world affairs does sometimes seem shaky, he has to be aware of the havoc austerity policies are wreaking in Greece, Ireland and elsewhere.

But real motivation lay elsewhere, in the havoc Israel has been wreaking in Gaza, and the need for a display of solidarity with its suffering people.

Residents of Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Atlantic Avenue say the city is plowing through their streets to complete a water main replacement project with little regard for the havoc the project is wreaking in their neighborhood.

One memorable show even took its cues from the 1952 "I Love Lucy" episode "The Ballet"; like clumsy Lucy, klutzy Ellen was determined to realize her dream of becoming a prima ballerina, blithely ignoring the havoc she was wreaking in dance class.

If we did, we might be more sympathetic to the damage our drone bombs are wreaking in our name.

It would be the first category four storm to hit the region since Hugo ravaged North Carolina in 1989, wreaking $7bn£5.3bnbn) in damage and claiming 49 lives.

Drought, floods, wildfires and heat waves – climate change and extreme weather events are wreaking havoc in California, especially in Los Angeles.

The failure of drug prohibition in the United States is wreaking havoc in northern Mexico.

How can someone so impatient with indisciplined self-indulgence justify wreaking havoc in so many lives, in of all things the name of love?

In the United States, right-wing fanatics in Congress may block a necessary rise in the debt ceiling, potentially wreaking havoc in world financial markets.