Wrecks
[reks]
Unserious Contents or Definition
To see a wreck in your dream, foretells that you will be harassed with fears of destitution or sudden failure in business. See other like words.
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Examples
- The important feature of this boat was a diver’s compartment, enabling divers to leave the vessel when submerged, for the purpose of operating on wrecks or performing other undersea duties. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This sea bottom, in localities near land, is abundantly sown with wrecks, old and new, and in many cases bearing permanently valuable cargoes, such as gold and coal. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At length he said: 'Doyce, it came to this at last--that the business was to be sunk with Heaven knows how many more wrecks, or begun all over again? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Many wrecks have been found by these bottom-prowling scouts and valuable material recovered. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It did not cease till the Atlantic was strewn with wrecks: it did not lull till the deeps had gorged their full of sustenance. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Wrecks of gondolas, and some few uninjured ones, were strewed on the beach at Fusina. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Miss Havisham's gray hair was all adrift upon the ground, among the other bridal wrecks, and was a miserable sight to see. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It has sent news of storms and wrecks across tossing seas and brought rescue to scores of voyagers. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It would be exciting to look out for wrecks. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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