Sentences with ruin
ru·in
R r - My wife was ruining her health through worry. [VERB noun]
- She accused him of ruining her financially with his taste for the high life. [VERB noun]
- Ruin implies a state of decay, disintegration, etc. especially through such natural processes as age and weather [the barn is in a state of ruin]; destruction implies annihilation or demolition, as by fire, explosion, flood, etc. [the destruction of the village in an air raid]; havoc suggests total destruction or devastation, as following an earthquake or hurricane; , dilapidation implies a state of ruin or shabbiness resulting from neglect [the dilapidation of a deserted house]
- The farmers say recent inflation has driven them to the brink of ruin.
- The vineyards were falling into ruin.
- The new Turkish republic he helped to build emerged from the ruins of a great empire. [+ of]
- One dead child was found in the ruins almost two hours after the explosion.
- His life was a ruin
- The town has been ruined with tower blocks
- Gambling was his ruin
- We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- The building fell to ruin.
- Alcohol was his ruin.
- The ruin of Oedipus.