SALVAGE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for SALVAGE, such as:
1. After the fire, there wasn't much furniture left worth salvaging.
2. The team's first task was to decide what equipment could be salvaged.
3. It's hard to salvage jettisoned cargo and, if it is retrieved, it's usually irreparably damaged.
4. The Norwegian group looking to salvage the Maud is filming the shipwreck's final winter in Nunavut.
5. He doesn't want to admit it yet, but the legacy he's so desperately trying to salvage is already broken down.
2. The team's first task was to decide what equipment could be salvaged.
3. It's hard to salvage jettisoned cargo and, if it is retrieved, it's usually irreparably damaged.
4. The Norwegian group looking to salvage the Maud is filming the shipwreck's final winter in Nunavut.
5. He doesn't want to admit it yet, but the legacy he's so desperately trying to salvage is already broken down.
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Meanings and Examples of SALVAGE
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salvage
n. property or goods saved from damage or destruction
v. save from ruin, destruction, or harm
Classic Sentence:
1 It's hard to salvage jettisoned cargo and, if it is retrieved, it's usually irreparably damaged.
2 Here and there, frightened servants carried silver pitchers, knives and forks and a family portrait or two which had been salvaged in the first fight.
3 The ones who come back last won't find a stick or stone or brick of their houses, because everybody's out salvaging things all over town to rebuild their houses.
Example Sentence:
1 Japan's ancient sport sumo is again fighting to salvage its reputation after a top-ranking wrestler seriously injured a fellow competitor in an alcohol-fuelled attack.
2 The Norwegian group looking to salvage the Maud is filming the shipwreck's final winter in Nunavut.
3 He doesn't want to admit it yet, but the legacy he's so desperately trying to salvage is already broken down.
4 The costs for a salvage project are colossal, and the clues unearthed by a researcher can make or break a project.
5 The team's first task was to decide what equipment could be salvaged.
6 After the fire, there wasn't much furniture left worth salvaging.