bring to ruin
Example Sentences
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She had a long “innings,” however, before it came to that: time enough to bring to ruin more than one young swell—among others Frank Scudamore, the “spooney” of the Haymarket supper.
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
They do not hesitate to magnify the false or to bring to ruin what they find most profitably assailable.
From The Rapids by Sullivan, Alan
To subvert is to overthrow from or as from the very foundation; utterly destroy; bring to ruin.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
Honest, industrious, and self-restraining men will make a very bad social organization prosper; while vicious, idle, and reckless citizens will bring to ruin the best that ever was, or ever will be, invented.
From Evolution and Ethics by Huxley, Thomas Henry
Here he comes that hath undone many an honest man, And daily seeks to destroy, deface, and bring to ruin, if he can— Now, sir, have you taken possession, as your dear lady will'd you?
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by Hazlitt, William Carew
