Sentence examples for ruining the effect from inspiring English sources

There's really no point buying expensive beds then ruining the effect with plastic mattress covers which guarantee a sweaty night.

Butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus) and poet's laurel (Danae racemosa) will steadily expand into covetous clumps from which stems can be cut without ruining the effect.

"Zaha hasn't finished the cloakroom yet," apologised the manager, as we bundled coats and bags under our wobbly table, rather ruining the effect of all that stark whiteness.

The danger with using an urban legend, however, is that some of your listeners may have heard variations of it, thus ruining the effect.

"It ruins the effect if I say who it is.

She is unattainable; if she weren't, it would ruin the effect.

They were expensive, but using modern plastic switches would have ruined the effect," he said.

They erected some pleasant neo-classical buildings, but ruined the effect by constructing vast boulevards and gaping squares.

Much respectful applause at his conclusion, although Boehner ruins the effect by loudly honking into his handkerchief.

"If it looks like television, it ruins the effect," said Josh Weisberg, president of the Queens company in charge of the projection, Scharff Weisberg.

These choices don't ruin the effect, but they lend the building a slight cheapness – a feeling that gets more pronounced when you step inside.