Wrecked in example sentence
Langston Hughes is making a metaphor that compares a hard life to a wrecked house you still have to live in.
More example sentences with word wrecked
"Disabled, adjective: crippled, helpless, useless, wrecked, stalled, maimed, wounded, mangled, lame, mutilated, run-down, worn-out, weakened, impotent, castrated, paralyzed, handicapped, senile, decrepit, laid-up, done-up, done-for, done-in cracked-up, counted-out; see also hurt, useless and weak. 
