Sentence examples for ruinous events from inspiring English sources

He hires a private detective to follow Emily and, in a fit of delusional jealousy, turns her out of the house and sets in motion the ruinous events to come.

Folklorique Dance Expo (a financially ruinous event as only 14 people had mastered the syncopated rhythms of the Stverska!).

Divorce is such an emotionally devastating, financially ruinous event that it might be wise to take a close look at its root cause -- marriage.

All the while, because Na had agreed to wear a wireless microphone during the round, he and his caddie narrate the ruinous set of events as they unfold.

Lisnyak agreed to meet with me to describe her life as an undercover journalist and explain the ruinous series of events that had led eastern Ukraine down the path of ethnic division and violent turmoil.

This got a laugh when I saw the movie, and you buy the gag because of the absurd, irreproachable innocence of the character, yet it gestures toward a more worrying innocence in Gondry himself: how ruinous would an event — or an emotion — have to be before he considered it as anything other than an opportunity for play?

The epic collapse, then, is an opportunity to confront an event that's bewildering in its unlikelihood and ruinous in its effect, yet to also walk away entirely unscarred.

Major sports events are often ruinous to the fragile economies of the hosts — Greece after the 2004 Olympics comes to mind.

But the overall effect is ruinous, particularly to the vulnerable.

Whether a ruinous financial decision ought to be a disqualifying event when you're running for chief executive of a state is something Georgia voters have to decide.

And the presence of Jolie at this crucial event, which aims to unpick the ruinous appendage of sexual violence in conflict zones, will make the unpleasant topic front-page news.