rack and ruin
Example Sentences
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"It's sad that such a building has been left to go to rack and ruin."
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
“It is going to cause rack and ruin for so many people,” she said.
From Reuters ● May 16, 2022
They told him he was chosen to spiritually redeem a world gone to rack and ruin.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2020
“The cup is dashed from his lips / The flame is snuffed aborning / He’s brought to rack and ruin in his prime,” he sings with quiet defeat after the collapse of his career.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 15, 2015
Are you on the brink of rack and ruin, or wrack and ruin?
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
