How to Use wreak in a Sentence

wreak

verb
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  • Gangs have been wreaking mayhem in the city.
  • Brynn is forced to clean up the havoc of the strange creature which has wreaked chaos across her town.
    — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
  • But the storms wreak their greatest havoc on the health of the Middle East's people and their economies.
    — Sophie Tremblay, CNN, 25 May 2022
  • The havoc that space wreaks on the human body is insane!
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The Spurs, of course, are all too familiar with the havoc the Hawks’ pint-sized point guard can wreak.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2021
  • World War Hulk has Hulk return to Earth to wreak havoc.
    — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 25 Aug. 2022
  • All of this could be a recipe for the coronavirus to wreak even more havoc in the coming months.
    — Megan Molteni, Wired, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Many viruses are already known to wreak havoc in the brain.
    — Sharon Guynup, Science, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The senior duo of Prior Borick and Julia Bazylevych is ready to wreak havoc.
    — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Did the defense wreak havoc and cause turnovers? Kerry Coombs dialed up four blitzes in the first half.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Droughts and floods wreak damage throughout the nation.
    — Karim Doumar, ProPublica, 11 Jan. 2021
  • The changes could wreak havoc on some tech business models.
    — Fortune, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Kang doesn’t need the Infinity Stones to wreak havoc in the universe.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 17 July 2021
  • The driver's brief visit to the store gave the bears enough time to get inside the van and wreak delicious havoc on its contents.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Online tricksters have already found ways to wreak havoc with the site’s own tools.
    — Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Covid continued to wreak havoc on the country and the economy.
    — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 10 Nov. 2022
  • What a relief for viewers to watch doofuses wreak havoc and be able to laugh, not cry.
    — Adrienne Matei, The Atlantic, 26 July 2022
  • In the winter, a thick one relieves you of the need for a winter hat, which can wreak havoc on natural hair.
    — New York Times, 2 Mar. 2021
  • All the more reason why the studios and the guilds need to find a way to end the strikes, which continue to wreak widespread economic hardship.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • So, are there any humane ways to get rid of chipmunks—or at least keep them from wreaking too much havoc?
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2023
  • That can wreak havoc on your waistline and health, according to Freuman.
    — Lisa Drayer, CNN, 7 June 2021
  • Some wrongdoers might figure that the AI will wreak havoc, and do not care whether this is profitable for them or not.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • The pandemic has driven a surge in mail-in voting that could wreak havoc once again if the contest is close.
    — Amy McKeever, National Geographic, 29 Oct. 2020
  • And the failure to agree on one would wreak much broader economic damage.
    — The Economist, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Extreme weather events can wreak havoc on homes as well.
    — Nerdwallet, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2022
  • But there's a smaller, less splashy threat on the horizon that could wreak havoc on America's coasts.
    — Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 17 July 2021
  • These hogs can grow up to 400 pounds and also wreak havoc on farmers’ crops, digging for insects and roots.
    — Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 21 Sep. 2022
  • In the real world, fires can wreak unpredictable havoc, leaving plenty of blame to go around in their wake.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Climate change is wreaking carnage on natural wonders and the habitats of the world’s most spectral creatures, but the fact is, most of those wonders will still be here long after you’re gone.
    — Jordan Riefe, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The Philippines weather agency had warned the the storm could blow away roofs and shatter windows and wreak extensive damage to farmland, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
    — Associated Press, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024

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