road to ruin

Example Sentences

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While the vote was assumed by many to be mere formality, it certainly could have gone the other direction — a theme that would emerge time and again on the Pac-12’s road to ruin.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2023

The road to ruin is often paved with good intentions.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2023

If “playing nice” means refusing to ask hard questions, there’s nothing nice about the road to ruin it leads us down.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2018

Stockton recently became the largest city in the US to declare bankruptcy, but along the road to ruin also earned the title of "America's most miserable city".

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2012

I made a lot of mistakes, and went to jail, but I wasn't on the road to ruin like everybody said.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos