How To Use Wreak In A Sentence

The hurricane wreaked terrible damage on the east coast, at Miami and the Florida Keys.
But instead of wreaking his revenge on her, he falls in love with her.
Thought his pain and shame would be lesser, If on womankind he might his anger wreak, THE CALLIGRAPHER
Drought is wreaking havoc in the Thanjavur belt of Tamil Nadu.
Props 1A-1F must be defeated, because they would wreak long-term havoc on the state. Paul Hogarth: Arnold's May Special Election: Just Say No!

Phase change causes the locusts to swarm over vegetation, behavior that has wreaked havoc on crops in Africa and the Middle East for centuries.
Almost a year has passed since one of the worst landslides recorded in Scotland wreaked devastation at Glen Ogle, near Stirling.
The basic objective is to wreak damage, and those who claim otherwise jeopardise their credibility. Times, Sunday Times
Eight people have died in the past few days after snow, avalanches and freezing temperatures wreaked havoc. Times, Sunday Times
A storm system raging across Western Europe continued to wreak havoc in the air and sea yesterday, bringing down an Italian helicopter and sinking an Italian cargo ship loaded with chemicals.
Heavy rains and rising water are wreaking havoc across Europe.
Allowing the tiny twosome to wreak havoc is the Brazilian midfield minder, prone to fisticuffs and protective of the rearguard.
And they reckoned he may have been wreaking more havoc in Austria. The Sun
The disruptive behaviour of a small minority of pupils can wreak havoc in the classrooms and corridors.
Alongside joyous hallelujahs, we find religious nationalism: Let the praises of God be in their throat and a two-edged sword in their hand; to wreak vengeance on the nations 149:6-7a. John Backman: Praying The Most Difficult Psalms
Full she drad that God the Wreaker all mankind would fordo with water for his evil sins. Ulysses
They say that modern mining methods could wreak lasting damage on the countryside. Times, Sunday Times
I tell this story in the context of this month's cover package on psychopathic bosses and the organizational havoc they wreak.
These are two young bucks full of guile and cunning, mobile and versatile in the modern fashion and eager to wreak havoc with Dutch organisation.
In this one, she's a scientist trying to deal with an enormous octopus wreaking havoc in San Francisco.
Under cover of darkness, and armed with sackfuls of rubbish, he wreaks havoc on the tidy town's effort, dumping in areas which have recently been cleaned up by local environmentalists.
Hollywood is a porcelain skin over a pockmarked landscape of shattered dreams and when a tsunamic wave of pus from old and new wounds surges no medications on earth can prevent the utter destruction it wreaks. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
The adverse weather has wreaked havoc with many of the non-national routes and damage has run into hundreds of thousands of pounds.
It will spell war or wreak the havoc of one. Times, Sunday Times
Rhinos … WHOLE FKN KINGDOM IS IN FEAR … and well it fkn should be, for death and chaos, shall decent upon his skanky arse, wreak HAVOCK and fkn RETRIBUTION in biblical fkn scales. Cheeseburger Gothic » Brief note from Der Bünker.
But what to do when heels wreak havoc on your lower back? Times, Sunday Times
Violent storms wreaked havoc on the French Riviera, leaving three people dead and dozens injured.
Mr Elliott said councillors were ‘upset’ that the youngsters seemed so intent on wreaking havoc.
Many in the natural sciences think that we are at a threshold of either adapting our living to the constraints of nature or wreaking incredible damage to Earth as we destroy ourselves.
I have opened my gardens to tourists and they stomp round the manor with glee, yet the cost of repairing the damage they wreak is not even recouped by the fee. …incompatible technologies « Sven’s guide to…
On the heels of the longest bull run in history, last year's down market wreaked havoc at many financial services firms.
This is a critical feature on such an instrument, as a badly cut nut here would wreak havoc on playability.
These policies have wreaked havoc on the British economy.
With fatherlessness a growing problem, this failure wreaks havoc, particularly in disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Times, Sunday Times
They say that modern mining methods could wreak lasting damage on the countryside. Times, Sunday Times
The change wreaked by the galactic showdown will take two billion years to unfold. Times, Sunday Times
The plunging global economy is wreaking havoc with British exports. The Sun
Those outside America, in the chanceries of Europe and beyond, who hoped that this would be a passing phase, like a Florida hurricane that wreaks havoc only to blow over, will instead have to adjust to a different reality.
That's a big body that can run around and kind of wreak havoc, and linebackers obviously tackle for a living," Childress said. StarTribune.com rss feed
Welch justifiably observes that this dredging is a massive and expensive undertaking that will perhaps wreak more environmental damage than leaving the river at rest.
But what to do when heels wreak havoc on your lower back? Times, Sunday Times
‘The truth is the whole army is burning with an insatiable desire to wreak vengeance on South Carolina,’ he had written on Christmas Eve, 1864.
The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.
These most beautiful people have not deserved the terrible destruction being wreaked on them. Times, Sunday Times
The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.
But in September of last year she received the disturbing text from her jilted ex telling her about the havoc he had wreaked at their home. The Sun
How can he claim to be so devout and holy when he is intent on wreaking unholy war? The Sun
It is true the people at the Cascades had suffered much, and that their wives and children had been murdered before their eyes, but to wreak vengeance on Spencer's unoffending family, who had walked into their settlement under the protection of a friendly alliance, was an unparalleled outrage which nothing can justify or extenuate. She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories
We need to help consumers leap-frog the illegal downloading issues that have wreaked havoc on the music industry.
The consultancy is also alarmed by signs that the credit crunch is set to wreak further serious damage through a prolonged lending drought. Times, Sunday Times
Although vengeance had been wreaked on the assassins in Edinburgh, that was still by no means the main administrative centre.
Then, perhaps having seen the error of his choice in the damage it's wreaking in non-Evangelical circles, he has disloyally thrown her to the wolves. Maggie Van Ostrand: Prominent Republicans Not Endorsing Obama May Cast Closet Votes for Him
It will spell war or wreak the havoc of one. Times, Sunday Times
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The local bourse did not open Wednesday for fear that investor panic in the wake of Tuesday's attacks would wreak havoc on the already depressed markets.
How can he claim to be so devout and holy when he is intent on wreaking unholy war? The Sun
It was not a simple one-on-one conflict between the forces of evil and the forces of liberation; it was violence against civilians, murder, necklacing, informers, bad police officers and units wreaking havoc within.
-- While some princes may be embruing their hands in the blood of their subjects, this man is offering up his prayers to God to preserve all mankind: -- While some ministers are sending forth fleets and armies to wreak their own private vengeance on a brave and uncorrupted people, this solitary man is feeding, from his own scanty allowance, the birds of the air. A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, 1777 Volume 1 (of 2)
In this latest chapter, the half-marketized banking sector has also opened its doors to new practices unheard of in China before, namely, "incentivized risk taking" and "leveraged platforms," with greater potential to wreak havoc. The Seattle Times
Still others assert that Norwegian Vikings, who wreaked havoc on the coasts of Europe and beyond from the 8th to the 10th centuries, kept forest cats as mousers and pets.
The novel is a tale of vengeance wreaked by one jealous twin on her sister across decades, cities and continents.
Glaciers can move and calving can occur, causing huge icebergs to break away and wreak havoc.
And so, whatever happens, let's hope we're not going to have an administration that is set up to somehow wreak vengeance on the other side.
A damp and cold New England morning seemed to be wreaking havoc on everyone's tuning — you know you're at an early-music concert when the pianist is pulling out a wrench to tune between movements. Archive 2009-06-01
The new tax could wreak havoc among smaller companies.
They were being manufactured for unlawful ends to wreak violence through terror.
As if the tonal mess weren't enough, the movie is riddled with plot holes that wreak increasing confusion.
But ironically when the police did turn out during the London riots they were accused of standing by and letting people wreak havoc. Times, Sunday Times
They said that hooligans from the city took advantage of the chaos to wreak havoc. Times, Sunday Times
I'm tempted to wreak a terrible revenge by… um… tutting a bit and behaving in a generally frosty manner whenever I walk past the flat of those responsible.
Meanwhile tourism and fishing have wreaked havoc with the marine environment.
Yet the Eighties revival that has swept its pestilential way through womenswear for years continues to wreak eye-watering havoc on the way the other side accoutres itself. Top stories from Times Online
Delta wreaked havoc in popular holiday destination islands, killing seven people and leaving a trail of mass destruction.
The change in sensibilities has been wreaked not through the police raiding homes at dawn, but through the gradual and welcome evolution of society. Times, Sunday Times
World War Two wreaked havoc on our eating habits. The Sun
The years have wreaked more damage. The Sun
These policies have wreaked havoc on the British economy.
Phase change causes the locusts to swarm over vegetation, behavior that has wreaked havoc on crops in Africa and the Middle East for centuries.
These most beautiful people have not deserved the terrible destruction being wreaked on them. Times, Sunday Times
What a fucking train wreak piece of dog shit that was. KNIVES OUT! FILMDRUNK’S TOP TEN OF ‘07
Woe is thee! what grievous outrage hath been wreaked on thee! fearful penalty for thy foul deed hath the deity imposed, whoe'er he is whose hand is heavy upon thee. Hecuba
Seeing him wreak such havoc among a supposedly invincible foe, the Elves within the shrine were heartened.
He warned that high wind speeds could wreak havoc. Times, Sunday Times
I can imagine picking up a nest of birdlings to raise in hopes of their survival from the devastation and blight that is being wreaked upon their surroundings.
The day is over when they can stay in our country and wreak havoc. Times, Sunday Times
I think he was embarrassed by being thrown out and sought to wreak revenge.
The new tax could wreak havoc among smaller companies.
suing an Ars Technica writer without cause, losing multiple times on "fair use" claims, having its bank accounts seized and its domain name auctioned off, Righthaven is no longer in any position to wreak havoc. Ars Technica
It is 1969, and a cloistered block in west Philadelphia is shaken to its core by long kept secrets, betrayal and lies that wreak terrible damage on two families.
But a parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, has started to wreak havoc on honeybee colonies.
In mutant form, superbugs can wreak havoc in hospitals and rest homes, infecting open wounds and forcing the closure of wards and operating theatres.
Profit warnings and project delays have wreaked havoc on the share price. Times, Sunday Times
Given the environmental havoc wreaked by the Three Gorges Dam (the World Wildlife Fund calls the Yangtze the world's "river most at risk" due to excessive damming), the stump is a potent -- though unintended -- reminder of the costs of China's rise. THE RIVER TELLS ITS STORY
The floods of 1999 and 2000 wreaked havoc and seriously affected rail transport in this desperately poor country.
A wolf set to wreak vengeance on an ageless enemy. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
It is clear both sides are hoping to fight a similar war: swift and based on short, focused operations that will wreak maximum damage in the shortest possible time, with minimum casualties.
Packinghouse managers must ensure that the fruit they ship isn't harboring live lychee fruit moths or oriental fruit flies; such stowaways could wreak agricultural havoc.
An erratically fluctuating power supply can wreak havoc on any system and may cause it to hang or shut down spontaneously.
The Category 5 storm wreaked havoc, doing more than $20 billion in damage and making it by far the costliest hurricane ever in United States history.
The consultancy is also alarmed by signs that the credit crunch is set to wreak further serious damage through a prolonged lending drought. Times, Sunday Times
It appears that the beast has escaped, and is again wreaking havoc on the unsuspecting residents of Bucharest.
Look at the havoc that has been wreaked by unusually strong storms and freakish weather events all over the globe in recent years.
My mother-in-law is mentally ill and wreaking havoc on our marriage.
His eyes bulged in fury at the destruction that had been wreaked on his lab.
It has obvious advantages, not least that it is a way of wreaking political vengeance on bankers and financiers. Times, Sunday Times
The day is over when they can stay in our country and wreak havoc. Times, Sunday Times
Who knows if the volcano might once again wreak destruction? THE EARTH: An Intimate History
The trick is to stumble on one of these Aladdin's caves of fishing delight - and wreak havoc.
The program searches a hard drive for aptly named files that are suffixed with. jpeg or. jpg, and may therefore falsely identify files and wreak havoc on the reputation of people with no connection to child pornography.
It will spell war or wreak the havoc of one. Times, Sunday Times
Residents across county Carlow woke yesterday morning to find roads completely impassable, as drifting snow wreaked havoc on routes across the region.
I've been briskly informed in a previous comment trail that it's "wreak" havoc and thus also chaos not wreck but other than that, what's not to love about this. 12/24/2006 - 12/31/2006
And that soaks into tissue very readily, with the acid part doing its damage along the way, and the fluoride merrily poisoning enzymes and wreaking havoc.
With strong easterly winds, peat fires have wreaked havoc on Moscow this summer, prodding officials to revive an unfulfilled plan drafted after the 2002 fires to reflood the peat mines. Russia Tussles Over How to Halt Fires
Today it was the turn of Cathryn Fitzpatrick to wreak havoc with the bat.
Brenden wants a two-year moratorium on relocating bison until state officials write a management plan for what he calls "woolly tanks" that can wreak havoc on crops and land. The Seattle Times
The visitors have been disrupted by floods that wreaked havoc in the town. The Sun
Because the on the alkalinize infant is unknown, gabapentin hiccups should wreak mutagen in stabilizers who are eugenol measely if the cohorts unknowingly outweigh the risks. 1 billion for the tidal fortified an slideshow over the rapidly victory of. Wii-volution
The plunging global economy is wreaking havoc with British exports. The Sun
Typically in a robot film, the script eventually calls for the obliging machine to override its software program and run amok, wreaking vengeance on its masters.
A UK aquarium discovered a 4-foot polychaete worm that was wreaking havoc on one display. Big Sea Worm
In addition, back in January the North Vietnamese had launched what was called the Tet Offensive, a time when they struck—all at once—most of the major cities in South Vietnam, wreaked vast destruction and killed many thousands, both Asian and American. Noble Norfleet
Profit warnings and project delays have wreaked havoc on the share price. Times, Sunday Times
A firestorm wreaks its terrifying damage on an estate.
Profit warnings and project delays have wreaked havoc on the share price. Times, Sunday Times
Not only does it muck up your commute, the nippy weather can also wreak havoc with your skin. The Sun
I'd criticized him for showing mercy and compassion where I would have wreaked a devastating vengeance.
Welding litigation may lack the sexiness of asbestos or tobacco, but the verdicts that he is aiming for could wreak financial havoc on the welding industry.
Ivan tore through Grenada last year, wreaking havoc and taking with it lives, homes and livestock.
Should we really let hardliners such as this wreak economic havoc without basic checks? Times, Sunday Times
This time, a magical flare is wreaking havoc on the city, and Kate has to protect Julie, a 12-year-old girl who may be at the center of a war between Celtic deities. Magic Burns
The survivor was determined to wreaked her revenge on the murderer of her family.
Packinghouse managers must ensure that the fruit they ship isn't harboring live lychee fruit moths or oriental fruit flies; such stowaways could wreak agricultural havoc.
In the back of his mind, he believes he may corner Laeddis and wreak his vengeance on the man who caused the death of the most important person in his life.
Cole engages in espionage, sets up traps and otherwise wreaks havoc with navy ships that wander in his part of the universe. REVIEW: Mike Resnick's Starship Series (Books 1-4)
There's a deceased ex-wife who offers advice from the hereafter, a band of escaped prisoners from the 1960s wreaking havoc on modern-day society and a bail bondswoman who learns that she's really a fairy-tale princess. Must Be the Season of the Weird
Eight people have died in the past few days after snow, avalanches and freezing temperatures wreaked havoc. Times, Sunday Times
But ironically when the police did turn out during the London riots they were accused of standing by and letting people wreak havoc. Times, Sunday Times
She is conjured into being by Myrtle herself, by sympathetic magic, but once in the dramatic arena cannot be easily controlled or quelled; her spirit magic wreaks havoc.
Off-road bikers wreaking havoc are being warned that police could soon have the power to confiscate their machines.
And they reckoned he may have been wreaking more havoc in Austria. The Sun
Many people fear that if children weren't at school they be wreaking havoc in the streets all day.
She had a burning desire to wreak revenge.
According to Mary Bryan, the society's chief executive officer, even seemingly small mistakes can wreak huge amounts of damage.
She had a burning desire to wreak revenge.
Indeed, such dark forces as extreme ethnic nationalism, aggression, hegemonistic tendencies, intolerance, racism, xenophobia and terrorism have been unleashed to wreak havoc on a global seale.
On such an account, Oakes finds he is not as generously treated in the book as he might like, and consequently wreaks some vengeance.
It has obvious advantages, not least that it is a way of wreaking political vengeance on bankers and financiers. Times, Sunday Times
They said that hooligans from the city took advantage of the chaos to wreak havoc. Times, Sunday Times
This spear, or javelin if it was thrown, was used to keep enemies at bay, and also as a missile weapon to wreak havoc among the ranks of their enemies.
Sutton's police chief has pledged to make the borough the safest in London by waging war on career criminals and drug traders wreaking havoc in our communities.
Thus begins an adventure in which Measle finds friends, braves dangers, wreaks vengeance and discovers a happy ending.
The basic objective is to wreak damage, and those who claim otherwise jeopardise their credibility. Times, Sunday Times
It will spell war or wreak the havoc of one. Times, Sunday Times
They might be home-made, but these boys' toys can wreak dreadful damage.
The Smallpox virus, or variola, has been wreaking havoc across the globe for thousands of years.
As an ecologist and environmental writer, one of my main interests is to understand the damage that relatively recent introductions - from stoats to wasps to possums - have wreaked on native plants and animals.
The big freeze has wreaked more havoc around the country. The Sun
This gave him licence to get forward and wreak havoc. Times, Sunday Times
World War Two wreaked havoc on our eating habits. The Sun
The consultancy is also alarmed by signs that the credit crunch is set to wreak further serious damage through a prolonged lending drought. Times, Sunday Times
He talked to her as the machines worked, repairing the damage that his blast had wreaked.
God the Wreaker all mankind would fordo with water for his evil sins. Ulysses
But Chaudhuri insisted that neither his views, nor any one else's, would have caused Nehru to wreak a petty act of revenge.
Thus begins an adventure in which Measle finds friends, braves dangers, wreaks vengeance and discovers a happy ending.
The official machinery was blatantly misused to wreak vengeance and carry out vendetta.
Cheese-breathed art snobs have wreaked havoc on the metro area long enough.
But the championship got off to an inauspicious start with the tsunami wreaking havoc on the Kollam coast on the inaugural day.
But when such disputation is telegraphed to a wired world in real time, it can wreak havoc with U.S. diplomacy.
A WILD boar wreaked havoc when it went on the rampage through a shopping centre. The Sun
This gave him licence to get forward and wreak havoc. Times, Sunday Times
During the next few months, previously unequalled damage was wreaked upon the site.
Small impactors deliver meteorites, while large ones infrequently wreak global devastation.
A natural urge in newly freed countries is to wreak vengeance on, or at least deny continued privileges to, the oppressors of the previous regime.
He wreaks His vengeance through them against whomsoever He wishes among His slaves It is unthinkable that those who are double-faced among them should prosper over the faithful. Negotiating for peace with Hamas
This gave him licence to get forward and wreak havoc. Times, Sunday Times
The American signal crayfish were introduced in the 1970s to meet the demands of the restaurant trade but have since escaped into the wild to wreak huge damage on local eco-systems.
They'd wreak havoc with all the crack in my system.
Before the fight, Ward made it clear this would be his final bout, so he had every motivation to wreak vengeance on Gatti and end his career a winner.
Who knows if the volcano might once again wreak destruction? THE EARTH: An Intimate History
Some simple mathematics show just how much havoc a jump to 75 per cent would wreak on PSG. Times, Sunday Times
The scene in which the ruined, now dissolute Robinson finally wreaks vengeance - quite by accident - is unforgettable.
Though the tent's wreaking havoc with our lawn. Times, Sunday Times
Althouse: It is "wreak," not "reak" and certainly not "reek" havoc, in case anyone is puzzling over it "Adventures in Identity Politics."
The mountains are studded with dams, any one of which could wreak destruction in the valley below.
Violent storms wreaked havoc on the French Riviera, leaving three people dead and dozens injured.
They might be home-made, but these boys' toys can wreak dreadful damage.
But in September of last year she received the disturbing text from her jilted ex telling her about the havoc he had wreaked at their home. The Sun
Buried alive, she returned to wreak vengeance on him.. Times, Sunday Times
Harenc wreaked him with a vengeance.
Her family work as daily labourers and a day off can wreak havoc for the family's economy.
It thus came to pass that the poor white man registered it as his first duty to wreak vengeance upon this unbowing, scornful Negro standing between him and all that was dear to his heart. The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist
Violent storms wreaked havoc on the French Riviera, leaving three people dead and dozens injured.
This enabled them to sustain and wind up their anger to wreak the worst vengeance. Times, Sunday Times
Meanwhile tourism and fishing have wreaked havoc with the marine environment.
The dark cloud prompted by the global financial crisis of 2008 did not wreak as much havoc in 2009 as commentators had feared. Times, Sunday Times
I am the unquenched spark ever flashing and astonishing the face of time, ever working my will and wreaking my passion on the cloddy aggregates of matter, called bodies, which I have transiently inhabited. Chapter 12
She is determined to wreak vengeance on those who killed her cousin.
The change in sensibilities has been wreaked not through the police raiding homes at dawn, but through the gradual and welcome evolution of society. Times, Sunday Times
Recently, town councillors in Pickering warned that vandals who had been wreaking havoc were ruining the market town for everyone.

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