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
“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
It is vain to look for the sheen of the shimmering lagoons or the fantastic outline of the campaniles against the sky of Venice; for the half-ruined frescoes, or amber sunshine of Verona.
From Our Own Set A Novel by Schubin, Ossip
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