half-ruined
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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For months, the broad plaza in front of the golden-domed complex has contained a display of rusting, half-ruined Russian tanks and armored vehicles, a popular attraction in the wartime capital.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2023
In 2008, Andrade bought a half-ruined adobe house on a 1,900-square-foot plot several blocks back from the genteel seaside mansions.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 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
An even deeper hush than that which hangs over the well-to-do quarters of all Arab towns broods over these silent thorough-fares, with heavy-nailed doors barring half-ruined houses.
From In Morocco by Wharton, Edith
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