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Example sentences for: wrecking

How can you use “wrecking” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The spread of lighthouses and decent navigational charts had crippled the old standby, the wrecking trade.
CD players: They let fans program the track sequence, wrecking album continuity.
In this spirit, the lead paragraph of the Journal's earthquake article merits quoting in full: "A powerful 45-second earthquake cut a swath through Turkey's industrial heartland, killing thousands of people, shutting businesses, wrecking major power lines and jolting national confidence just as the economy showed signs of leaving 1999's recession behind."
Most of the planters left the islands and depression returned, only partly relieved by “wrecking,” the freelance business of salvaging cargo from the ships forever running aground in the dangerous Bahamian waters.
Needless to say, this strategy works only if you're good at bringing companies on board without wrecking them or yourself.