Examples of 'was in ruins' in a sentence
Meaning of "was in ruins"
This phrase describes a state or condition where something has undergone significant devastation, destruction, or decay. It is often used to depict the aftermath of war, natural disasters, or neglect
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was in ruins
His life was in ruins when we got back.
According to tradition the village was in ruins.
The country was in ruins and people were starving.
By the end of the fifteenth century it was in ruins.
The old city was in ruins and wildly overgrown.
The village was then shelled until it was in ruins.
Europe was in ruins and had to be rebuilt.
She felt like her life was in ruins.
Diriyah was in ruins and was never rebuilt.
They looked at their city which was in ruins.
Our nation was in ruins both figuratively and literally.
At that time the original wall was in ruins.
The cathedral was in ruins and emergency rebuilding took.
The museum of shiny objects was in ruins.
The bottom was in ruins when my parents bought the house.
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You chose that rat hole because it was in ruins.
Her whole family was in ruins and she blamed herself.
By then the entire locality was in ruins.
Hampi was in ruins and abandoned.
By the end of the war it was in ruins.
The health sector was in ruins and the education system destroyed.
More than one city was in ruins.
It was in ruins and uninhabited.
The temple itself was in ruins as well.
I do not think anyone noticed that my personal life was in ruins.
His career was in ruins.
The newspapers might report that the constitution was in ruins.
The town was in ruins.
In less than six seconds the city was in ruins.
The city was in ruins.
At the end of the war the country was in ruins.
Lebanon was in ruins.
Now it appeared that everything was in ruins.
Somalia was in ruins.
Because he realised that his career was in ruins.
The fortress was abandoned and was in ruins at the end of the century.
They fought until the city above ground was in ruins.
His house was in ruins.
Much of the old country had been ravaged by war and was in ruins.
The house was in ruins.
Its population doubled during the first two years its economy was in ruins.
But the rest was in ruins.
The building was in ruins with serious problems in its roof and structure.
Just six years ago it was in ruins.
It was in ruins.
But their town was in ruins.
By midnight the flames were brought under control but the building itself was in ruins.
The old church was in ruins.
It was in ruins in the time of Pausanias.
Because its career was in ruins.
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Ruins the browning and precipitates rust
A night among the ruins can be so fascinating
