ruinous

Example Sentences

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That’s how fast it is supposed to be able to grow without stoking ruinous inflation.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

It seemed, this time, he wasn’t going to back down from his own ruinous demands.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026

The Lakota leader Sitting Bull defeated George Custer’s cavalry, but a sustained conflict with American forces proved ruinous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

These floods are ruinous to many families in a country where more than 40% of people live below the poverty line.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

Many of them looked to have been worked by hands, though now they lay tumbled and ruinous in a bleak, barren land.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien