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

That means contending with German society’s deeply ingrained pacificism, a legacy of ruinous wars and the horrors of the Holocaust.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Blair Kinghorn was a surprise exclusion from the 23 but the Toulouse full-back is the embodiment of the gambler's instinct that's magnificent when it works and utterly ruinous when it doesn't.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

Ye ran through the ruinous effects of his injury and subsequent diagnosis, saying it caused him to avoid seeking the help he needed.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2026

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