Example Sentences

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"My family wouldn't talk to me for a year, such was my 'treason'. And even today I get hate mail from wine-growers saying I am ruining the market," she says.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

"I am ruining my life by doing such long shows," he wrote.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2023

If I address these issues he becomes very defensive and says I am ruining his day.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2021

My mother apparently thinks I am ruining my life by making this decision.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2020

But I am ruining my temperament in trying not to have a school!

From The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters by McKenzie, Aimée G. Leffingwel