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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Some of these are arranged into more staid compositions of geometric bands of color, while others bend and bulge into shapes evoking the baroque ruination of junk-yard findings.
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Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
The only thing that would satisfy the gremlin in me is the ruination of my freedom.
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Brian Hiatt,
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19 Mar. 2026
And to think that many thought MLB Free Agency in 1976 was the ruination of the sport.
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Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
19 Jan. 2026
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Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
The only thing that would satisfy the gremlin in me is the ruination of my freedom.
—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2026
And to think that many thought MLB Free Agency in 1976 was the ruination of the sport.
—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
19 Jan. 2026
Advertisement What’s perhaps most critical around the plague is its embodiment of feelings of destruction and ruination.
—
Nathan Smith,
Time,
26 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ruination
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“Ruination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ruination. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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ruination
noun
ru·in·a·tion
ˌrü-ə-ˈnā-shən 
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