Examples of ruination in a Sentence
Water pollution is causing the ruination of the fishing industry.
neglect and indifference have proved to be the ruination of more than one marriage
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Adventure Mode puts you into your maps two weeks after the ruination of your fortress; there's a real sense of impermanence to everything, which is probably good, considering your chances of getting out alive.
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Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 17 Apr. 2024
After two and a half hellish years of total war and economic ruination, the secessionists sued for peace, and the conflict ended in 1970.
—Uzodinma Iweala, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
Fire is to piers what water was to the Wicked Witch of the West — a ruination.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
Advertisement The wind did not discriminate with its ruination.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
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Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 17 Apr. 2024
After two and a half hellish years of total war and economic ruination, the secessionists sued for peace, and the conflict ended in 1970.
—Uzodinma Iweala, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
Fire is to piers what water was to the Wicked Witch of the West — a ruination.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
Advertisement The wind did not discriminate with its ruination.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
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“Ruination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ruination. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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ruination
noun
ru·in·a·tion
ˌrü-ə-ˈnā-shən 
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