Sentence examples for the ruining from inspiring English sources
verb
To cause the ruin of.
Mr. Nimkin's list of worries includes air pollution, noise pollution, light pollution, water scarcity, obscured nighttime skies, impacts to wildlife corridors and the ruining of views.
Graffiti turns out to be an effective weapon against the police; knock an officer down and paint him and he will vanish, doubtless mortified by the ruining of his uniform.
When that fragile trust is betrayed, resulting in the ruining of thousands of fellow citizens' lives, the breach then becomes an attack on America from within, not metaphorically but in fact.
While that may mean no interest charges, or at least affordable charges, it still raises the risk of lots of potential future financial problems for people, not least the ruining of a friendship or a family rift if the loans can't be repaid any time soon.
The ruining of a reputation can, of course, take much longer.
Vic and Conrad hired an actor to play her mother's new love interest, and arranged the ruining of it.
"I took him to the ruined house.
He throws away the ruined dinner.
"Look at the damage, the ruined lives.
The ruined areas were turned into an overgrown jungle.
