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Ruin
"Ruin" in a Sentence (33 examples)
Be more careful. Rushing through things is going to ruin your work.
A fussy referee can ruin a bout.
Nuclear weapons will bring about nothing but the ruin of mankind.
Too much drinking will make your life a ruin.
You will ruin your health if you drink too much.
The tower fell into ruin.
The town fell into ruin.
Bring everything to ruin.
Gambling brought about his ruin.
That ancient ruin was once a shrine.
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The Veian and the Gabian towirs shall fall, / And one promiscuous ruin cover all; / Nor, after length of years, a stone betray / The place where once the very ruins lay.
The labour of a day will not build up a virtuous habit on the ruins of an old and vicious character.
A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.
Dr. Manuel: No one is saved. The age of humanity is ended. Soon, only ruin and corpses will remain.
Not only is Jerusalem not a ruin, but she is at the height of her glory compared to all of Jewish history!
The monastery has fallen into ruin.
Gambling has been the ruin of many.
The errors of young men are the ruin of business.
The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He[…]played a lone hand,[…]. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.
His ruin startled th’ other steeds.
the ruin of a ship or an army
the ruin of a constitution or a government
the ruin of health or hopes
Oh Portius, is there not some choſen Curſe, Some hidden Thunder in the Stores of Heav’n, Red with uncommon Wrath, to blaſt the Man Who owes his Greatneſs to his Country’s Ruin?
Ruin seize thee, ruthless king!
With all these purchases, you surely mean to ruin us!
In one way, indeed, he bade fair to ruin us; for he kept on staying week after week, and at last month after month, so that all the money had been long exhausted...
He ruined his new white slacks by accidentally spilling oil on them.
By the fireside there are old men seated, / Seeing ruined cities in the ashes.
My car breaking down just as I was on the road ruined my vacation.
I used to love that song, but being assaulted when that song was playing ruined the song for me.
Though he his house of polisht marble build, / Yet shall it ruine like the Moth's fraile cell
The young libertine was notorious for ruining local girls.
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