Ruin is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like ruination or devastation. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Ruin in a sentence
Related words
Ruin meaning
- The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
- The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
- Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
Synonyms of Ruin
Using Ruin
- The main meaning on this page is: The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle. | The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed. | Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
- Useful related words include: ruination, devastation, decay, destruction.
- In the example corpus, ruin often appears in combinations such as: to ruin, ruin the, ruin your.
Context around Ruin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ruin
- In this selection, "ruin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, basically, lives, concentrate, hers, nicknamed and everyone stand out and add context to how "ruin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include on the ruin of the and able to ruin politics just. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ruin" sits close to words such as accomplishments, behaviors and bout, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ruin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
At least you did not ruin all Vietnamese people for her. (11 words)
A Nation on the Brink of Ruin… And How to Bring It Back. (13 words)
Until the late 1970s, it was a ruin, nicknamed "Germany's Most Beautiful Ruin". (14 words)
He began to write poetry of an apocalyptic bent, notably "On the Ruin of the World" (1472) and "On the Ruin of the Church" (1475), in which he singled out the papal court at Rome for special obloquy. (38 words)
A lot of the time, the escort quest NPC had a neutral faction or something where someone from the opposite faction could engage your escort NPC in combat, and that would ruin your experience of trying to quest. (38 words)
She has always played her two daughters against each other, and now takes turns humiliating and torturing them emotionally, encouraging them to ruin each other’s lives before they ruin hers. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Those experiences during perimenopause can "basically ruin their lives, ruin their ability to focus at work, to concentrate, ruin their relationships," Shen told AFP.
The next ring ruin is almost directly north of the second ruin, along Lantern Lake.
She has always played her two daughters against each other, and now takes turns humiliating and torturing them emotionally, encouraging them to ruin each other’s lives before they ruin hers.
He began to write poetry of an apocalyptic bent, notably "On the Ruin of the World" (1472) and "On the Ruin of the Church" (1475), in which he singled out the papal court at Rome for special obloquy.
Until the late 1970s, it was a ruin, nicknamed "Germany's Most Beautiful Ruin".
Ada manages to save her family from ruin with a last-minute fortune, while Marian's love life takes a turn.
A dazed middle class suffered ruin, as the International Monetary Fund insisted that the government make misery-inducing budget cuts in exchange for a bailout.
Additionally, you will get a quality page free from errors that can ruin your brand reputation.
Ali Wong and Steven Yeun in “Beef”… an obsessive, vindictive and neurotic duo who go further and further in their attempts to ruin each other’s lives.
A lot of the time, the escort quest NPC had a neutral faction or something where someone from the opposite faction could engage your escort NPC in combat, and that would ruin your experience of trying to quest.
A major star dropping out, especially when signed on as producer and director, has been known to derail a film entirely and ruin its prospects of ever being made.
A meander around the impressive historic ruin to the east of the Angus town.
A model joked she'd "ruin a man's day" as she slipped into a racy ensemble.
A Nation on the Brink of Ruin… And How to Bring It Back.
And sure enough, that bad luck is actually the result of some festive baddies seeking to ruin everyone’s fun.
And we don't give babies to women who don't have them themselves because, for example, they don't want to ruin their bodies or things like that.
And we have proof that we Canadians are very much able to ruin politics just as well—if not better—than the Americans ever could, in our wildest conspiracy dreams.
As a result, you may turn away a potential customer and ruin your image.
At least you did not ruin all Vietnamese people for her.
Because I knew, at least in my mind, mistakes were so dire that if I were to ruin it or not play it perfectly, my life would be over.
Common combinations with ruin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to ruin 48×
- ruin the 32×
- ruin your 17×
- and ruin 13×
- can ruin 12×
- ruin it 10×
- will ruin 10×
- ruin their 9×
- could ruin 9×
- financial ruin 8×