Sentence examples for close to ruin from inspiring English sources
The Haitian state seemed close to ruin on almost every level on Friday.
His clumsy posturing isolated Mali diplomatically and brought it close to ruin.
He did it, moreover, when his own career seemed close to ruin.
The sensualism is there to remind us that these lives, close to ruin, have innate worth.
Later that year Tchaikovsky was informed by Nadezhda von Meck that she was close to ruin and could not continue his allowance.
Sara's warning was prophetic, although she did not suspect at the time how very close to ruin the Fitzgeralds' lives had veered.
Kennedy came close to ruining her own personal brand by appearing hungry for political appointment.
Indeed, merchants got a lot of attention for complaining how successful deals came close to ruining them.
Heinz Roemheld's noisy, kitschy music for "The Lady from Shanghai" — imposed by Harry Cohn, the head of Columbia Pictures — comes close to ruining the movie.
Heinz Roemheld's noisy, kitschy music for "The Lady from Shanghai"—imposed by Harry Cohn, the head of Columbia Pictures comes close to ruining the movie.
First came the decision to splatter the original films with spectacularly incongruous CGI that to this day comes close to ruining the experience of rewatching the trilogy.
