Sentence examples for utter ruin from inspiring English sources

But in claiming relatively few lives, it left many more people in utter ruin.

The only thing keeping him from utter ruin is his professionalism, which expresses itself in an ingrained habit of courtesy.

That would still be the best way to save what is left of Syria from utter ruin.

"As I expected, every stock is further down still," he announces, "and my last effort to retrieve my fortune has plunged me into utter ruin".

The closer Ed comes to utter ruin, the more alive he seems, and his downcast, expressionless countenance begins to glow with something like beatitude.

Plumes of black smoke and the residue of explosives still envelope the desolate streets, left in utter ruin after what had clearly been heavy fighting.

Let's face the music: the current Iraqi government is an utter failure, our aid dollars are going to waste, and many of the development projects critical to bring Iraq back are in complete ruin.

The Warehouse Pier has been beautifully restored; the lightship and the sugar plant present a panorama of utter urban ruin and neglect.

You face utter ruination.

An official with the Sanitary Commission wrote: "No words can convey the utter destruction and ruin.

But Helene wants more than that: she wants to see Natasha's utter corruption and ruin (possibly so that she can feel better about herself) and she wants to know that she has had a hand in it.