Noun : We visited the ruins of ancient Greece. ,The building fell to ruin. ,Alcohol was his ruin. ,the ruin of Oedipus. From Dictionary.com.
I have a strong memory of the cathedral that was still in ruins from the war. From Wordnik.com. [Meep! Meep! : Bev Vincent] Reference
It has been a difficult trek for The President, he was handed a Nation in ruins from the last administration. From Wordnik.com. [First on the Ticker: RNC Web video targets 'White House in denial'] Reference
At the entrance to the ruins is a small museum of archaeological artifacts. From Wordnik.com. [The Oaxaca Valley: a week's adventures in a single day...] Reference
If you have not studied the history of Mexico and how civilization first started in here, visiting the Maya ruins is the best way to learn. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond spring break: Cancun has something for everyone] Reference
"Today, my livelihood is in ruins," McNamee read in his. From Wordnik.com. [Pettitte comes out on top during Clemens, McNamee hearing] Reference
Now it lay in ruins, disassembled from its former glory. From Wordnik.com. [Eagle Monument In Orel] Reference
It is an utter destruction, and such as lays Moab all in ruins. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
(3 Comments | Comment on this) 8: 24p cats in ruins cats in ruins. From Wordnik.com. [Breakfast in Bed] Reference
Does this fool even realize that chimpy left the economy in ruins?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Maddow Corrects GOP Rep. Schock On Basic Facts Of Abdulmuttalab Case] Reference
Are they scattered and enslaved, and is their nation laid in ruins?. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
A MUSLIM NEIGHBORHOOD in ruins, following attacks by Christians in Yelwa. From Wordnik.com. [God’s Country] Reference
"English industry lies in ruins," said the Hamburger Nachrichten complacently. From Wordnik.com. [England's Effort: Letters to an American Friend] Reference
For the present, a rapid survey of the three principal groups of ruins is enough. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Miles Up the Nile] Reference
It is now buried in ruins, and the memory of it chiefly preserved in this epistle. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
The cities round about, that are now in ruins, were then inhabited too and in peace. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
Zion's walls may lie long in ruins, there will come a day when they shall be repaired. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
Dibon -- identified with Dheban, now in ruins, an hour's distance from the Arnon (Mojeb). From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Many areas are in ruins in Isabella province, the most populated in Luzon's Cagayan Valley. From Wordnik.com. [13 Killed After Typhoon Hits Northern Philippines] Reference
They shall come to the temple, and, finding that in ruins, there they shall howl most bitterly. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
Now, though these temples may be suffered for awhile to lie in ruins, yet they shall be rebuilt. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
This defeat left Spain's hopeful campaign in ruins and sent Javier Clemente searching for answers. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
A land without ruins is a land without memories - a land without memories is a land without history. From Wordnik.com. [Southern poems, by ed.] Reference
A land without ruins is a land without memories -- a land without memories is a land without history. From Wordnik.com. [Father Ryan's Poems.] Reference
It was in ruins and the whole countryside was different to what it was in my childhood and in my mind. From Wordnik.com. [The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow, Part 31: Revisiting Boyhood Haunts] Reference
These needles, called bian stone needles, have been discovered in Chinese ruins from the New Stone Age. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Glaus left the plan in ruins, smacking a two-run double to left center and driving home Figgins and Anderson. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - More twists and turns in classic World Series] Reference
Yes, modern Greece is economically, politically, even ethically, in ruins right now - and it breaks my heart. From Wordnik.com. [Nothing lasts forever.] Reference
It reminded me of people returning to find their homes in ruins after a wildfire had roared through a forest. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Terry Gosliner: From Beautiful Nudibranchs to Coral Graveyards: Marine Research in the Indian and Pacific Oceans (PHOTOS)] Reference
Shiloh, the sanctuary, was then lying desolate, just as Jerusalem now lay in ruins; and yet better times had come. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Golden Deeds] Reference
Much of what we understand about ruins is determined by the way they are documented and presented to us as viewers. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendor of Ruins in French Landscape Painting, 1630-1800] Reference
"The Beggarwoman of Locarno" begins with a castle lying in ruins and ends with the Marquis's bones lying there, too. From Wordnik.com. [Reading, Begging, Paul de Man] Reference
How about Old Mel, anti-Semitically ranting by the side of the highway, mad-dog-drunk on tequila, his career in ruins?. From Wordnik.com. [She’s Just Not That Into You] Reference
Most of the monasteries that were there are now in ruins, and most of the artifacts have been dispersed all over the world. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Ragogna: The Buddha Image...Out Of Uddiyana: A Conversation with Collector Nik Douglas, plus a Forward by Tibet House's President Robert Thurman] Reference
With New York City in ruins, Vlad has at last returned to fulfill his destiny – Annihilate the vampires, no matter the cost. From Wordnik.com. [Image Comics for December 2006 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News] Reference
Towering trees have emerged to screen the ruins from the nearby road; they form a leafy dome that lends an almost mystical air to the site. From Wordnik.com. [The Hitler Shrine] Reference
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