half-ruined
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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For Marina Kozulina, a 50-something Kyiv woman walking her little black dog near a half-ruined tank, the military detritus in the square has become more a reminder of peril than triumph.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
“Entire families were dying, and the half-ruined ownerless huts would remain deserted for years,” he remembered.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2022
Nestled among half-ruined buildings were the headquarters of institutions previously unknown to Saraqib: a poetry forum, a comedy troupe, a theatre company.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2018
At a half-ruined hospital in Palu, two dozen patients lay in beds outside, some under the shade of trees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2018
The Madonna of Buon Cammino stood there quite alone in her half-ruined sanctuary, and only one tiny little oil-lamp struggled with the darkness within.
From Vagaries by Munthe, Axel
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