road to ruin
Example Sentences
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And then that’s all I could think about while I was doing it, and I was on a road to ruin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The road to ruin is often paved with good intentions.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
As the innings comes to an end, the bowler whose two early wickets set Pakistan on the road to ruin is off the pitch receiving treatment to a jarred knee.
From The Guardian ● May 31, 2019
If “playing nice” means refusing to ask hard questions, there’s nothing nice about the road to ruin it leads us down.
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2018
I made a lot of mistakes, and went to jail, but I wasn't on the road to ruin like everybody said.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
