SALVAGE in a Sentence

Learn SALVAGE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

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.

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 Meanings and Examples of SALVAGE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
salvage
 v.  save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
Classic Sentence:
1  It's hard to salvage jettisoned cargo and, if it is retrieved, it's usually irreparably damaged.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
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.