Sentence examples for state of rubble from inspiring English sources

He hadn't done very much but he showed the potential to pull this thing together; to start with London in a state of rubble and misery and to make something that's somehow a kind of celebration of survival.

Entire cities in the state of Gujarat are rubble.

Images on state TV showed large areas of rubble with many buildings destroyed or badly damaged.

David Mecchi, a bulldozer contractor, follows wildfires across the state, helping with the massive cleanup of rubble and debris after large blazes.

This mountain has the highest peaks ever slated for mining in the state; turning it into a pile of rubble would lower the elevation by several hundred feet, eliminating the height required to tap the wind speeds necessary to spin turbines.

There are boxes to tick to describe the state of the building: reduced to rubble, partially destroyed, or still standing but dangerous and requiring demolition.

And then there is the question of helping to build a free state on the rubble of tyranny.

Ten years on from the huge earthquake that razed swathes of India's western state of Gujarat, the BBC finds the place transformed from a pile of rubble in a neglected backwater into an economic powerhouse.

As the offensive launched by the government Monday to drive Islamic State from its last major Iraqi stronghold advances, militants are leaving a trail of rubble and deadly traps.

State television broadcast footage of troops, Humvee vehicles and tanks advancing through Ramadi streets amid piles of rubble and collapsed houses.

"Attempts to strengthen the state, using the rubble of the previous state.