be in ruins in a sentence

Examples

1. The village is shown to be in ruins and the two spend the night in a wrecked hut.
2. Bill Clinton's personal life may be in ruins, his dignity may be in shreds, but he is still president.
3. Now, however, as the season courses into single digits in games remaining, the Dodgers bullpen appears to be in ruins.
4. Something different was the next stop, at Dryburgh Abbey, which may be in ruins but still projects a tranquil atmosphere.
5. Between the blast, bulldozer damage and missile fire of recent days, about half the building was believed to be in ruins.
6. By all accounts, Thomas indeed has made something good come out of a career that once appeared to be in ruin.
7. Individual buildings such as the Temple of Domitian or the Celsus Library, may be in ruins, but what remains is awesome.
8. How could the 1986 Jets have imagined, in their league-best 10-1 start, that before long the entire franchise would be in ruins?
9. Henry IV's second wife Tudor dynasty took over the castle was abandoned, and by 1573 it was recorded to be in ruins.
10. If you waited until then, however, the farms would all be in ruins and the crops and animals all gone wild or dead.