Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

ruin

[roo-in] / ˈru ɪn /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Bamonte parted ways with the Cure after 14 years, later performing with the group Love Amongst Ruin.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025

Bamonte was also the bass player in supergroup Love Amongst Ruin, which has released two studio albums.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

She subsequently signed to the Swedish label TEN, where she scored international hits with songs like Lush Life, So Good, Ruin My Live and the Clean Bandit collaboration Symphony.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2024

Geoffrey Kabaservice is vice president of political studies at the Niskanen Center and author of “Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2022

It remained from before the Ruin, a time so far past that none of the people now living, none of their parents or grandparents, had been born.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry




Vocabulary lists containing ruin


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "ruin" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com