ruined

"I was luckier than some of my colleagues who I know have had their lives ruined by these legal processes."

"They weren't, they were friends. These guys have ruined our lives."

Carly Laughton, owner of Jacka Bakery on the Plymouth Barbican, said her daughter's bedroom and bed above had been "ruined" by flooding.

Estate agents say there has been "significant interest" in a ruined castle at the centre of a controversial land sale in Skye.

In the end, there are no dead bodies, no ruined careers, no narrow escapes.