Examples of 'lay in ruins' in a sentence
Meaning of "lay in ruins"
This phrase describes a situation where something, such as a building or infrastructure, has been heavily damaged or destroyed, leaving it in a state of ruins or disrepair
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lay in ruins
Its economy and infrastructure lay in ruins.
Entire cities lay in ruins and economies were in shambles.
Cities of gold and green lay in ruins.
The city lay in ruins for several years.
One thousand buildings lay in ruins.
It lay in ruins no matter what they had tried to do.
Germany was poor and lay in ruins.
Sevastopol lay in ruins after the end of the siege.
The old castle lay in ruins.
The palace lay in ruins for the next forty years.
For two centuries after that it lay in ruins.
Temples lay in ruins.
Their infrastructure and transportation links lay in ruins.
Their town lay in ruins.
Many suburbs of the city were deserted and many mansions lay in ruins.
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The economy lay in ruins.
My school lay in ruins and the river beckoned with the promise of stolen days.
Half of the country lay in ruins.
For centuries it lay in ruins and had faded into insignificance.
Millions have died and cities lay in ruins.
The economy now lay in ruins and ethnic and religious strife began.
And their land lay in ruins.
Buildings lay in ruins of the town that once served as a bastion for luxury-minded tourists.
It is not known how long the church lay in ruins.
When it was over the city lay in ruins and did not recover for decades.
Five years after that their country lay in ruins.
Once - proud financial giants lay in ruins their assets stripped their policies in tatters.
His army was crushed and his empire lay in ruins.
Once-proud financial giants lay in ruins their assets stripped their policies in tatters.
While the exterior walls remained standing the rest of the building lay in ruins.
So much of it lay in ruins.
And huge problems needed to be solved . And in Europe the continent lay in ruins.
But Warsaw lay in ruins.
Following six days of heroic resistance the centre of Dublin lay in ruins.
In many places, cheaply built modern structures lay in ruins next to undamaged ancient mosques.
Her cities, centres of industry and infrastructure lay in ruins.
Even when Dresden lay in ruins after the Second World War, Bruckner was performed.
And in Europe the continent lay in ruins.
It lay in ruins for about 50 years.
Everything from the borders to Moscow lay in ruins.
It lay in ruins for years before finally disappearing around 1930.
Huge swaths of several European nations lay in ruins at the end.
The castle them lay in ruins for nearly 200 years.
Many cities throughout Europe and Asia lay in ruins.
It lay in ruins for about 50 years . It was bombed during the war.
The Resistance lay in ruins.
After being bombed during the Second World War in November 1943 the building lay in ruins.
Look at how Germany and Japan lay in ruins after the war.
With AIDS starting to take its toll, the blood bank in Kampala lay in ruins.
One day after that, Royal Savage lay in ruins before the fort.
