Sentence examples for with ruinous consequences from inspiring English sources

That does mean gambling, sometimes with ruinous consequences.

Governments closed their eyes to the outside world, always telling themselves "India is unique", with ruinous consequences (see article).In recent years, this has changed.

The disaster of Andrew's life involves 9/11, and in its aftermath he turns for help to his ex-wife, with ruinous consequences.

But go wrong it sometimes does, with ruinous consequences for the lives of both the sufferer and his family and friends.Some brain ailments, such as Alzheimer's disease, leave visible scars in the organ's fabric.

From Colombia and Chechnya to Afghanistan and Myanmar, rebel armies with ostensibly political aims have become involved in smuggling and other rackets, with ruinous consequences in regions already crippled by weak institutions of law, porous borders and corrupt warlords.

Worse, the euphoria can escalate into outright mania, a bubble that is bound to burst with ruinous consequences for the individual, his or her family, and even society.

The threat of a regional war seems to be growing, with potentially ruinous consequences.

Californians love to tinker with their state's political rules, and over the last century this has generally meant binding the hands of politicians (with, often, ruinous consequences).

Soot from the fires had invaded the stacks in the Library of Congress, with ruinous effect.

The state took over the education of blacks, with malign intent and ruinous consequences.

The first came in the reassuringly familiar satirical guise of the Onion, which fearlessly – and with brazen use of that most undervalued form of wit, sarcasm – pointed out the potentially ruinous consequences of confusing the life of the singer with the life of the song.