half-ruined
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Alrifai told CNN that even people who had managed to hoard some cash found there was “nothing to buy” in markets or half-ruined shops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
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
Mokha’s only association with coffee was the half-ruined, ancient mosque of Ali Ibn Omar al-Shadhili, the Sufi credited with bringing the coffee plant from Ethiopia to Yemen.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2018
The Prince went back to the house, to find some corner amid its half-ruined rooms to sleep in.
From Moonshine & Clover by Housman, Laurence
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