ruins
Example Sentences
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He pitched a tent not far from the ruins of their former home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
A week before, the forecasts turned, and I rerouted at the last minute to Montreal, to a small park built atop the ruins of Canada’s old Parliament building.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Perched on the edge of a rooftop high above Gaza City's bombed-out landscape, Ibrahim al-Dabba lovingly tends his community of bees, cultivating a rare source of hope among the ruins of the Israel-Hamas war.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Mahran lives in a tent with his wife and three young children close to his destroyed home near the ruins of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The ruins of her belongings lay around her, but she didn’t bother to check them.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
