Example Sentences

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In a post on Instagram earlier this week, Dipke said the future of India's youth was "getting ruined".

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

The experience was largely ruined by an unhappy toddler in a Paw Patrol chair.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

It was a landmark moment for Gregoire which was ruined, forever, by what happened next.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Even though the Fifth Amendment ultimately kicked in and did its job, the government ruined lives in the process.

From Slate • May 22, 2026

Porter Collins thought that “it was like the world stopped. We’re looking at all these people and saying, ‘These people are either ruined or about to be ruined.’”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis