Sentence examples for substantial ruin from inspiring English sources

And, thinking far ahead, "in 500 years, people walking by it will see a substantial ruin".

This took us past the substantial brick ruins of the Sheldon Church -- a great picnicking site in better weather.

It was a little jarring when I first noticed it, but it wasn't so substantial as to ruin the movie for me.

Without suitable packaging, most SMAEs risk substantial losses, and often, financial ruin.

A single drop of water on the photo is enough to remove substantial amounts of pigment, effectively ruining the photo.

Why have we been unable to prevent debt from ruining the lives of a substantial portion of our students of color?

On Tuesday at the Joyce Theater, the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, celebrating its 45th season, came closest to achieving that choreographic ideal in the program's one substantial piece, "Men's Stories: A Concerto in Ruin" (2000).

A regional court in the central city of Torun ruled that her incarceration in 1983 ruined her health and caused her substantial financial losses.

Last August, the country's Foreign Ministry said that all U.S. military bases in the Pacific would "face ruin in the face of all-out and substantial attack," according to the AP.

However, while this exclusion seems against the spirit of the Reciprocity Principle, that spirit can be accommodated by broadening the OED definition of sacrifice to, for example: 'To permit injury or ruin to the interests of (a person) or assume a substantial burden for the sake of some desired object'.

If a substantial part of that 95% is being invested in pumping carbon into the atmosphere, helping to ruin the planet, it's easy to see how the negative effects of the investments could surpass the charitable efforts.