Sentence examples for wrecking from inspiring English sources
'wrecking' is an English word and can be used in written English
Wrecking can refer to the activity of demolishing something (usually a building) or to the state of something being in ruins. For example, "The building was in a state of wrecking after the explosion."
verb
Present participle of wreck
"If you want to stop Ed Miliband and the SNP from getting into power and wrecking our economy... and if you want me back on work on Friday working through our long-term economic plan as your prime minister then it is vital that you vote Conservative," Cameron said.
Meanwhile, it's a bit rich of George to take the moral high ground over his dad faking his own death, given that he effectively did the same himself, vanishing for three years and wrecking his parents' marriage in the process.
In a visit to Scotland on Thursday, Cameron will warn against what he will describe as a coalition of chaos with the SNP acting as "the chain to Labour's wrecking ball, running right through our economic recovery – and it will be you who pays the price".
After the meeting broke up, a resident of Churchill Gardens in Pimlico walked me around her estate and pointed out the old people's home and lovely modernist low-rise block that was earmarked for the wrecking ball.
The D-mark would have soared in value, wrecking German exports, while protectionism and competitive devaluations elsewhere would have shredded the EU's single market.
Britain's biggest property companies on Monday condemned a new government policy allowing them to avoid potentially hundreds of millions of pounds in affordable housing contributions because they fear it risks wrecking the social mix of London.
Mirvish cemented his status as cultural hero by becoming a theatre impresario, refurbishing the Royal Alexandra Theatre in 1963 (another supposedly unviable building slated for the wrecking ball) and the Old Vic in London, which went on to enjoy a golden age, and for which Mirvish was awarded a CBE.
(23 February 2012 ) "Now, those thugs are wrecking a great party, and they're putting the knife into me again.
And as a feminist who is also a music critic, it depresses me deeply that female pop performers find it difficult to market their songs without licking mallets in the buff (as Cyrus does in the video for Wrecking Ball).
Cyrus's VMA win was one of the few standouts at this year's ceremony, although it was more for what she didn't do than what she did: after Wrecking Ball was announced as winner for best video, Cyrus's date, Jesse Helt, was sent to accept the prize on her behalf.
In contrast, Wrecking Ball moves straight from the close-up of Cyrus to scenes of her gyrating in a crop top and knickers, fellating an axe and writhing naked on a ball.
