Example sentences for: wrought

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

  • But during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, European armies wrought havoc in the city in retaliation for the siege of their embassies.

  • But whereas the changes wrought in French by the French Revolution were canceled by the Thermidorean reaction, in the newly formed and freshly named Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (more commonly called the USSR or, in Cyrillic, CCCP ) wholesale changes of toponyms, following changes of personal names, did not really set in till the Soviet Thermidor brought Stalin to dictatorial power.

  • Indeed, the city’s distinct geography allowed most of its older neighborhoods to survive the terrible destruction wrought by the second atomic bomb to be dropped on Japan, on 9 August 1945 — despite the fact that the Nagasaki bomb was more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima three days earlier.

  • Baku's foray into capitalism has wrought violence, instability, and corruption, but American companies are still investing.

  • While we snicker at rules banning Midol from junior high schools, we ignore the damage wrought by laws prohibiting selectively demonized drugs--notably marijuana, heroin, and cocaine (while allowing use of tobacco, alcohol, and Prozac).


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