ruins
Example Sentences
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Critics say the trend encourages self-centeredness and self-delusion and ruins families.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The ruins at Ground Zero were certainly a public health crisis.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
The event, hosted by UK charity Since 9/11, was held near a memorial sculpture made from steel recovered from the ruins of the World Trade Center.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
At the scene of the second strike, an AFP correspondent saw the ruins of a devastated villa, with large decorative columns laying on their side next to stairs littered with rubble.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Toward evening, the coachman called out, "Nottaway!" and he reined his team outside a tumbledown inn, built against what resembled the ruins of a giant's cottage.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
