Which preposition to use with ruined

of Occurrences 1900%

Far around there spreads a waste of bleak and totally inhospitable country; where, here and there at great intervals, one may come upon the ruins of some long desolate cottageunthatched and stark.

in Occurrences 138%

No, Sir, I see my fatal Ruin in your Eyes, And know too well your Force, and my own Misery.

on Occurrences 74%

And it will be thought very strange, but it would be weak not to add, that I myself, though bent on the investigation I have spoken of, pledged to Roland to carry it out, and feeling that my boy's health, perhaps his life, depended on the result of my inquiry,I felt the most unaccountable reluctance to pass these ruins on my way home.

to Occurrences 73%

Was this stupendous quackery to bring ruin to the Tidewater?

for Occurrences 51%

Not only did that Imperialism plunge Germany into a sea of misery and suffering, covering her with the opprobrium of having provoked the terrible War, or at least of having been mainly responsible for it, but it has ruined for many years the productive effort of the most cultured and industrious country in Europe.

at Occurrences 38%

There they built the church of which the choir still remains, a lovely work ruined at the dissolution and used as the Guildhall.

with Occurrences 36%

Throughout the upper meadow region, wherever water is sufficiently abundant and low in temperature, in basins secure from flood-washing, handsome bogs are formed with a deep growth of brown and yellow sphagnum picturesquely ruined with patches of kalmia and ledum which ripen masses of beautiful color in the autumn.

by Occurrences 36%

Sir Richard Clavering, Sir Francis's grandfather, had commenced the ruin of the family by the building of this palace: his successor had achieved the ruin by living in it.

from Occurrences 20%

200 A giant moan along the forest swells Protracted, and the twilight storm foretells, And, ruining from the cliffs their deafening load Tumbles, the wildering Thunder slips abroad; On the high summits Darkness comes and goes,

as Occurrences 17%

For by swallowing up those women and children with the men, God said to the Israelites, it seems to me in a way which could not be mistaken, 'This is the consequence of lawlessness and disorderthat you not only injure yourselves, but your children after you, and involve your families in the same ruin as yourselves.'

without Occurrences 11%

Why, everything will go to ruin without you, and I will take the lead.

about Occurrences 10%

Had it been so on that other night long ago, when his world crumbled to ruins about him?

after Occurrences 10%

Now little Anderl, her guide, had a great fear of ghosts, and legions were said to haunt the ruins after nightfall, so when Amy rambled on deeper and deeper into the gloom the boy's courage ebbed away with every step; yet he was ashamed to own his fear, seeing that she had none.

near Occurrences 9%

One told us that he went to Santa Ana every year and was acquainted with a muleteer who had told him of some interesting ruins near the San Miguel bridge.

through Occurrences 8%

Thus many survive from inextricable difficulties and no fewer are ruined through a spirit of confidence.

like Occurrences 7%

And it was some such fate as this, some terrible ruin like that of the Jews of old, that our forefathers feared three hundred years ago.

over Occurrences 7%

No doubt the fear that the victorious Turks might spread ruin over the whole of Christendom was first in his mind at that solemn hour.

before Occurrences 6%

He was an unusually large, well-made man, and reminded me of a fine building going to ruin before its time; for the broad shoulders were bent, there was a stiffness about the long legs suggestive of wounds or rheumatism, and the curly hair looked as if snow had fallen on it too soon.

along Occurrences 5%

Her mother never even looked at her, but turned her gaze to the blackened trees, the heaps of ruin along the pavement.

than Occurrences 5%

But as the bites of dying beasts are wont to be most fatal, so there was more trouble with Carthage half-ruined than when it was in its full strength.

beyond Occurrences 5%

For the great house of Dombey and Son fell, and in the crash its proud head became a ruined man, ruined beyond recovery.

into Occurrences 5%

The archdeacon Peter convoked a synod without consulting Gregory, and it was here resolved urgently to invite Henry to come and take the imperial crown and raise the Church from the ruin into which it had fallen.

throughout Occurrences 4%

The emperor was evidently doomed to cause such ruin throughout his life: Drusus, his colleague at this time, and Sejanus, who subsequently participated in the office, also came to grief.

within Occurrences 3%

Her life was ruined within her.

among Occurrences 3%

'Tis well to put small faith in a simple rustic's eye, This story your father heard, and haughtily denied, The grass waves rankly now, and gives the fellow the lie, How many secrets the tall, deceitful grasses hide, Patting the turf that covers a maiden's innocent rest, And creeping and winding old haunted ruins among, As silently smooth's the mould above the murdered breast, Smothering down to deeper silence a buried wrong.

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