Sentence examples for a ruin for from inspiring English sources

The original building dated from 1789 but it had been a ruin for 60 years".

Excavations at Khirbat Sayūn, Jordan, during 1920 32 suggest that Shiloh remained a ruin for several centuries.

Bought as a ruin for £50 (which he had to borrow), in 1971, the house had to be rebuilt, and he did it with his own hands.

Its pool, dating to 1936, was closed in 1984 and remained a ruin for two decades before being used as a concert venue.

The property, the Hotel Angst (named for its onetime owner Adolph Angst) has been a ruin for years; its new owners, based in Milan, expect to undertake an extensive renovation.

At the Kamondo, Mr. Tiryakioglu's company rescued a structure that had been a ruin for 25 years, left to rot by its owners who hoped to get a demolition permit.

Writer also tells about seeing Cheyenne Hole, a ruin, which for centuries up to 1875, was a great Indian campsite.

My forsythia had been uprooted, but the wisteria (the reason for the pergola) was thriving, and the bungalow itself might make a fine ruin for it to grow on.

Property-related bureaucracy has kept this very noticeable building in a state of ruin for an incredible 20 years, waiting to be demolished.

The castle's keep, formerly a ruin, was redeveloped for student accommodation; in particular, the college's chapels and Great Hall have been restored.

"The eighties were a decade of ruin for the institute," a former senior staff psychiatrist told me.