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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a ravages" is not correct in written English.
The correct form would be "the ravages" or simply "ravages" without the article "a."
Example: "The ravages of time can be seen on the old building."
Alternatives: "the effects" or "the damage."
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You might more accurately call it a stylistic flourish — a ravages-of-time shtick.
But now, it cut a ravaged figure.
The design, by Stéphane Roy, evokes a grand theater slowly being reclaimed by a ravaging jungle.
We live, let's imagine, in a city where children are dying of a ravaging infection.
When Suryavarman's son, Jayavarman VII, came to the throne he inherited a ravaged kingdom.
"Look, there's Merve," Dan whispers, pointing to a teenage girl with a ravaged face.
Orphaned yet again, he is consigned to wander around a ravaged Iran looking for his family.
But at least one experience in rebuilding a ravaged country may cast doubt on that assertion.
Even so, this exhibition will send many visitors away with a ravaging thirst.
Neither Ms. Jacobs nor Mr. Ross infuses their characters with much personality beyond projecting a ravaged numbness.
In today's world of suicide bombers and a ravaged economy, it all seems not merely frivolous, but ludicrous.
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