8 sentences with 'ruins'
Example sentences and phrases with the word ruins and other words derived from it.
• « "It was in ruins, with nothing to stimulate the children: no color, no posters, no toys. We went to the section for seriously ill children, and I could not believe my eyes. »
• « In the ruins of the settlement archaeologists have found dozens of shrines to ancient gods and evidence that there was a priesthood. »
• « Minoan frescoes have even been found in the ruins of an Egyptian (New Kingdom) palace, indicating that Minoan art was valued outside Crete itself. »
• « In turn, Mycenaean ruins (and tombs) make it abundantly clear that most Mycenaeans were poor farmers working with primitive tools, dominated by bronze-wielding overlords who demanded work and wealth. »
• « The state's finances were in ruins when Diocletian came to power. To try to solve the problem, Diocletian reformed the tax system and instituted an official census for fiscal purposes. »
• « Back in the West, with Italian forces in ruins and the Fascist government in disarray, the Italian king dismissed Mussolini in July 1943. The new Italian government quickly made peace with the Allies, prompting a rapid invasion of northern Italy by Germany while the Allies seized the south. »
• « Overall, Europe was in ruins, with entire cities destroyed, and even the victorious Allied nations were economically crippled. »
• « As a young man, Tashi visited the once majestic Tibetan monasteries, which the Chinese had turned into ruins. »