ruined
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But now he has gone home awfully proud and triumphant, though he knows he has ‘ruined himself.’
From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Skies were lowering towards winter, and the sides of the valley showed bare patches amid the rich-hued death of leaves; ere long a night of storm would leave 'ruined choirs.'
From Demos by Gissing, George
On which Mr. Kenyon observes that I am 'ruined for life, and shall be sure never to take pains with any poem again.'
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
In 1284, in a great sea-fight off Meloria, the Pisans were defeated by the Genoese with heavy loss, which, as Sismondi states, 'ruined the maritime power' of the former.
From Sea-Power and Other Studies by Bridge, Cyprian, Admiral Sir
Mahoba is not now a 'ruined city'; it is a moderately prosperous country town, with a tolerable bazaar, and about eleven thousand inhabitants.
From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by Sleeman, William
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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Words from "Miss Alaineus, A Vocabulary Disaster" by Debra Frasier
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