ruiner

Example Sentences

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It was less a destroyer of worlds and more of a regional ruiner.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022

Q. Birthday ruiner: I think I behaved badly last night.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2016

They took away Roger Ailes' BlackBerry Esquire's profile of Fox News architect and longtime ruiner of America Roger Ailes is a great read.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2011

Besides these, another heinous act was framed by the same parliament, for observing every 29th of May as an anniversary thanksgiving, in commemoration of the unhappy restoration of this ruiner of religion and reformation.

From Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive by Presbytery, The Reformed

Je ne connais point la Mine; j’ai trouvé seulement ailleurs un passage qui prouve que ce jeu était tres-dangereux, et qu’on pouvait s’y ruiner en peu de tems.”

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown