When the war ended and rations ran out, old sailors traded stories over a jug of blue ruin.

After years of neglect, the old factory fell into rack and ruin.

After a long week, she treated herself to a glass of mother's ruin on the porch at sunset.

She tried to un-ruin the garden after the storm by replanting the damaged flowers.

The architect emphasized the ruin value of the new museum by shaping its concrete facades to create striking, enduring silhouettes even in decay.

After the factory closed, the neighborhood gradually fell into wrack and ruin.

Every October the ruin of the year spreads like a quiet grief over the hedgerows, turning leaves to ash and gold.

We met again at the ruin pub on the corner, where the crooked floorboards and the cheap ale seemed to tell stories older than the town.

Travel bloggers often write about ruin pubs when describing Budapest's nightlife.

Many contemporary scholars consider ruin-restoration creationism a serious interpretive option when addressing apparent gaps in the Genesis narrative.