Sentence examples for falling ruins from inspiring English sources
Herzen, heartbroken by the developments, announced that he was turning inward: if society was not ready to be liberated from a crumbling order, individuals could at least save themselves, as he put it, "from the danger of falling ruins".
It was unforgettable; all the pictures of hell that were ever painted fall short of it in fearfulness, and its hungry roar, mingled with snarls and hisses and the crash of the falling ruins, was most awe-inspiring.
Unfortunately, she didn't fall, ruining a potentially great clip with her balancing skills and clinginess.
But while academic interest in Victorian architecture was on the increase, the cities themselves were falling into ruins.
The Independent understands that the plantation now stands uncultivated and is falling into ruin.
A new service will charge £100,000 to use chemicals to keep rain from falling and ruining weddings.
By 1970, when Origo wrote her autobiography, most of the stone farmhouses were abandoned and falling into ruin.
The old family house is still there but shutteed and falling into ruin, and the rest of the street has the same derelict appearance.
Some buildings are in a parlous state of disrepair and others are literally falling into ruin.
