Sentence examples for ruin without from inspiring English sources

They lost their homes, businesses and even loved ones and now may face financial ruin without the protection of bankruptcy.

Supporters say the loans backed by the guarantees, with a default rate of less than 1percentt, have breathed life into a moribund commercial shipbuilding industry, reviving many shipyards that would face financial ruin without them.

Dreading the hobgoblin of concentrated power, states shrank from levying taxes… A leitmotif of his wartime letters was that short-sighted states would come to ruin without an effective central government.

Ruby Chishti, designer in residence in the Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design this fall, showed a video of her 2016 sculpture, "The Present is a Ruin Without the People" – recycled textiles, wood and wire with a musical score played through speakers.

I've always adored Edith, a homely gossip, who has a few oddball adventures, but my favorite is Mary, who began the show as a cold snob, then unfolded like a fan as she fell in love and faced ruin, without ever altering her essential nature.

"I've lost some sleep over this job; I mean, suppose we can't get the wall back together?" As for a preservationist's recurring nightmare, she says it boils down to this: "How do you keep a ruin a ruin without people ruining it?" MS. BERKOWITZ, 45, is no stranger to old walls: In 1986 she spent five weeks in Pompeii restoring walls dating from before A.D. 79.

Now it will be painful to take in the ruins without averting one's gaze.

"A lot of the houses were ruined, without a roof, just disintegrating," she says.

The next morning, Iraqis went to work as always, the commuters driving past the smoking palace ruins without looking, immutable.

"Beloved possessions get ruined without repercussions -- the carefully constructed train display wrecked, the prom dress bought with a hard-earned paycheck hung back in the closet besmirched with pizza.

This month and next, then, is a good time to take advantage of special offers from airlines, hotels and tour companies, and to explore the ruins without the usual crowds.