blue ruin
Example Sentences
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They saw blue ruin without our financial help.
From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II by Hendrick, Burton Jesse
Fold, wrinkle, and void shrieked their history with a hundred tongues, invoking earthquake, eclipse, and blue ruin.
From Penrod by Tarkington, Booth
Of course, old Carfew would howl blue ruin at the mere idea.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie
The inspired person who chose to call a coffin an "eternity box" and whisky "blue ruin" was too innocent to sneer.
From The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour by Runciman, James
They were talking blue ruin in there to-night.
From The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land by Connor, Ralph
