road to ruin

Example Sentences

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"If you spend more than you earn eventually that's the road to ruin," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2025

While the vote was assumed by many to be mere formality, it certainly could have gone the other direction — a theme that would emerge time and again on the Pac-12’s road to ruin.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2023

Whether bad habits lead us down a road to ruin or we can lead fulfilling lives despite them during and after COVID-19 will depend in part on individual responses to the pandemic, says Martin E.P.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2020

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