How To Use Ruining In A Sentence

And someone of considerable power and prestige like himtaking a career-ruiningride on the "anti-lobby" haywagon is the FIRST STEP in getting our government back .... Obama's First Big Mistake on the Job: Rescuing Sen. Joe Lieberman
The here and now is about sensual pleasure, and I don't want thoughts of love ruining that.
How can I stop powdery mildew ruining my soft fruits and vegetables? Times, Sunday Times
But collectively their mass migration is ruining the country's development prospects.
The game was played in dreadful conditions with driving rain and howling winds ruining the contest.

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Suddenly her heel caught in the stairs and she tumbled down, head first, ruining her flowers and expensive hair do.
When a family loses someone close, all they have is the grave, it's their only comfort and it's a sickening thought that people out there are ruining graves.
Bush is apparently "well qualified" considering the state he left the US in after an unpaid for Iraq-war-4-oil and a collapsed economy!!!! kudos to GW Bush for ruining the USA!!! rumrunner Bush on Obama: 'This guy has no clue'
Keep talking after his face has pinched up in resentment and disgust, because you are RUINING his day and his BEER and his FUNNY. Valentines, part the first
Switzerland, Holland, and the Rhenish Confederation, formed the foundation of the Continental System, a term applicable to the sum total of the measures that aimed at ruining England by excluding her goods from the Continent. The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)
Also, his overacting is getting annoying - him barking at the camera is ruining even the few decent flicks he's in. XXx: The Return of Xander Cage | /Film
All of you guys made good points, but rather than risking ruining a perfectly good day by talking Religion & Politics, talk about fishin 'or huntin' of even "wimmin"? Leave It At The Dock
I subsequently discovered that my new and non-sporting acquaintances were coffee-planters of a class then known as the Galle Face planters, who passed their time in cantering about the Colombo race-course and idling in the town, while their estates lay a hundred miles distant, uncared for, and naturally ruining their proprietors. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
On climbing from the cockpit, Rosberg was surprised to discover that his right-rear tyre had begun to delaminate and it was rubber flailing against the bodywork which had resembled the sound of a V6 ruining its bearings. Chequered Conflict
We've all seen photobombs - photos where others hop in unexpectedly, essentially "ruining" the photo to hilarious effect - but we've never seen photobombs quite as hilarious as the ones from weddings.
They are ruining the building and putting themselves at risk.
This is saying something because normally I depose the life ruining aspects of gaming. Modern pirates call for classic games
Like all women, she suffers from male-dominated historiography in both ancient and modern times and was often seen merely as an appendage of the men in her life or was stereotyped into typical chauvinistic female roles such as seductress or sorceress, one whose primary accomplishment was ruining the men that she was involved with. NPR Topics: News
Another benefit for European nations, Todd says, would be throwing off the domination of Germany, which he describes as dysfunctionally psycho-rigid, and so focused on its own national interests that it no longer cares about ruining its euro partners. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
Loudmouths in the gallery are ruining the pleasure of watching the pros play in person.
Many thanks must go then to Thomas Edison for ruining the whole hibernation ideal with his accursed light-bulbs.
It's been a while since we rounded up the best animal photobombs, but rest assured: the animal kingdom has been hard at work ruining people's pictures.
It was such a relief because it had been ruining her life. The Sun
Carter, who was just 23 when LeBron hired him, has been faulted for ruining LeBron's image by orchestrating such an egocentric approach to LeBron's announcement to move, and the move in general, to Miami. Michael Evans: LeBron James and President Obama: A Comparison
While he was beggaring and ruining his country, they were in command of the oil market.
Thirdly, the sevenpenny reprint of the popular novel is ruining the already ruined six-shilling novel. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911
With an idiocy that may seem almost incredible, the many examples of this had been carefully copy-edited to make them conform to the usual conventions of printed academic prose, ruining their whole point.
Pigeons carry 60 very nasty diseases as well as ruining our buildings and dirtying our pavements with their droppings.
Usually after ruining Bohemian Rhapsody. Times, Sunday Times
He hates you for ruining his life, by burdening him with a responsibility that his weak male ego was unable to bear.
I could go on a rant about how sugar subsidies cause American consumers to pay triple the market price for sugar, just to get the privilege of ruining the Everglades.
I sure hope that nickledeon doesn't give shama full reign to make whatever decision he wants and has the writers right there to smack him back into place while he's ruining this amazing story. M. Night Shyamalan Talks About Avatar: The Last Airbender « FirstShowing.net
Eventually he explains that there is a golf competition on and our persistent jubilance is ruining it for every one.
The Albanian youngster was referred for help after complaining that his bald patch was ruining his life. The Sun
Throw this technique into your bag of GIMP tricks, and you'll never again have to worry about red-eye ruining your candid flash photos.
It's a small vacuum optic that is attached to the top of a bottle after it has been opened to stop oxygen getting in and ruining wine.
We have to recognise that not only is bullying ruining people's lives, it is costing the UK economy millions every year in tribunal payments, legal fees and wasted talent
Perhaps the first attendees could be those councillors responsible for ruining our city with their parking policies.
Another version was that Longmartin was punishing him for ruining his little plan and he overdid it. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
You lied to her mother and said these false rumours were ruining your career. The Sun
Hugo's deep-seated jealousy of O drives him to set in motion a plan to destroy him by ruining his relationship with Desi.
Apart from ruining your relationship, snoring can be a sign of obstructive sleep apnoea. Dr Luisa Dillner's guide to... snoring
Even worse, lots of antiquities have been looted directly from excavation sites, ruining them for history.
As she had asked me outright, I thought a sigil wouldn't help her, as she would be lusting for results and as such, presumably ruining the potential success.
All he was trying to do was stop the firework from ruining our house.
I am quite happy being miserable and I don't want you barging in and ruining it.
They stayed somewhere at the back of the ward, having their macaroni cheese supper, apparently uninterested in ruining my life any more. ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?: A Life Through the Movies
You then have about 16 seconds to recompose and take the shot thereby guaranteeing the exposure you set and not have the camera reset a new exposure ruining your shot.
I'm an ectomorph with medium ash brown hair that I'm always ruining by dyeing it (so it always has garish brassy orange tones), brown eyes that I sometimes conceal with grey contacts, and cadaverously fair skin.
But the Election Commission disturbed this apple-cart when it advanced the elections, thus ruining their plan.
Instead, you used pliers to pry at the window, ruining the seals and denting the window frame, making it infinitely more expensive to fix.
They were always going through her stuff and ruining it, and she could never work on her schoolwork.
This digital world is running the very great risk of ruining our family life. The Sun
Now—if someone wanted to be critical of EMP as an inadvertently “antirock” entity—this meal would have been a perfect metaphor, as it was the epitome of ruining something visceral. Chuck Klosterman on Pop
I remember speaking to a woman who was a prison officer "looking after" hindley. she told me about the "beautifull" gay marriage of 2 inmates where hindley was a bridegroom! what a picture of a woman who procured children for rape, torture and death now being a bridegroom at a gay wedding in a prison .... do gooders are ruining the society they live in by rewarding and comforting scum like hindley - and in this case fritzl who in life is a really nasty, weak, pathetic and pointless individual ... footnote: - Elisabeth is so traumatised by the torture she was subjected to by her pointless "father" that she cant yet be interviewed about her "life" in a cellar. New Statesman
She thinks he is just the frontman for the competition which has been criticised for ruining the music industry.
Presumably this may also be ruining their prospects of a satisfying, bonded long-term relationship with a partner or husband. Times, Sunday Times
He wasn't about to let Saki humiliate him by first ruining his computer and then creaming him.
Water dripped from the ceiling, creating puddles, wetting the carpet and ruining the already rotted woodwork.
Where can I go to get respite care from these louts and layabouts who are ruining my quality of life in York?
So why am I telling you all this, I hear you ask, ruining surprise as it quite possibly may?
He cursed the crew of the ship up and down for “ruining his retirement” and kept going on and on about how he could be “laying in a hammock drinking rum” instead of being “trapped on this goddamn rustbucket.” Thunder and Ashes
Presumably this may also be ruining their prospects of a satisfying, bonded long-term relationship with a partner or husband. Times, Sunday Times
My wife was ruining her health through worry.
He is still ruining my life because it is as raw now as it was years ago. The Sun
A doper tried to open his chest widthwise with a linoleum cutter, but succeeded only in ruining Shea's uniform and cutting his hand.
Rose would scold her about ruining her frock, Bethamy would be in a fluster about how unsafe it was and Elizabeth would want her to come down before they had a fight about it.
It was such a relief because it had been ruining her life. The Sun
HOW can I stop red lily beetles ruining my lilies this year? The Sun
How can I stop powdery mildew ruining my soft fruits and vegetables? Times, Sunday Times
Pigeons carry 60 very nasty diseases as well as ruining our buildings and dirtying our pavements with their droppings.
Promoted to Headline (H2) on 1/10/10: The Military-Industrial Compex is Ruining the Economy yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'The Military-Industrial Compex is Ruining the Economy'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Page 4 of Article: Article: Everyone knows that the too big to fails and their dishonest and footsy-playing regulators and politicians are largely responsible for trashing the economy. The Military-Industrial Compex is Ruining the Economy
Neither of you have any idea of the true human, sorrowful cost of war nor do you care that you are ruining lives by the thousands and thousands.
Using his position at the University of Berlin he dedicated himself to rubbishing Cantor's ideas and ruining him personally.
His layabout daughter is ruining our relationship The Sun
Their voices were massed together in one indiscriminate mix, ruining the only reason for the group sing-along: the chance for someone to outshine and outsing the others. Michael Giltz: American Idol -- Top 11: Bye Alexis
Ruining the picture postcard view is more domestic refuse scattered at intervals all the way down to the watercourse.
These overpowering urges are ruining my weight-loss efforts!
I love the concept of an app store, I HATE the way Apple is running, or should I say ruining, it!!! manualfunky September 4, 2008 3: 24 PM PDT kataluo September 4, 2008 3: 30 PM PDT jscott418 September 4, 2008 3: 46 PM PDT baisa September 4, 2008 3: 55 PM PDT Undefined
I can remember trying a new, high-powered, high-voltage HID lamp with a very wide beam and ruining the night dive for all the other divers with me.
He is still ruining my life because it is as raw now as it was years ago. The Sun
HOW can I stop red lily beetles ruining my lilies this year? The Sun
You young people and your bass-lines are ruining it for us old folkies.
As the boys began eagerly ruining our towels in their attempt to de-oleate the dog, I casually picked up what he'd dropped at my wife's feet, hoping to recover a really swell skipping stone. Ned Goldreyer: Slick Trick
We have not been intimate with one another, so sex too early in the relationship wasn't the ruining factor.
Is there a chemical to stop worm casts ruining my lawn? The Sun
This is extremely unprofessional and quite mean-spirited - he's entitled to dislike the film, but ruining it for others is simply immature.
The director's commentary explains that in the space scene, no cuts could be made without ruining the continuous drift of the backdrop.
John Thomas will overlook and scold and order his thousand hands all day, talk even his mother down while he eats his dinner, and then lecture or lead his Musical Union, or conduct a poor man's concert, or go to ` the Weaver's Union, 'and what he calls ` threep them' for two or three hours that labor is ruining capital, and killing the goose that lays golden eggs for them. The Man Between: An International Romance
And an opposition researcher took a picture, blew it up into a placard and brought it to a rally, which had the effect of instantly ruining the guy's campaign.
The fact that ‘mental strength’ could keep the telepath out is only a weakness as far as a few people are concerned, and he or she is free to glean plot-ruining information out of just about anyone else. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Problematic Superpowers and How to Make Them Work
The man is ruining the show with his childish behaviour and the rubbish acts he votes for. The Sun
My wife was ruining her health through worry.
Delusion, his first art of ruining mankind; which is displayed by a survey of the world lying under gentilism, in their principles of speculation and practice, 239. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VII.
Stop ruining what little enjoyment some of us poor souls can manage to eke out of the average tedious day.
My wife was ruining her health through worry.
But as she gritted her teeth and urged husband Nick to take the photo, she knew posing in her cossie was her best chance of shedding the weight that was ruining her life. Mirror.co.uk - News
Mass tourism is ruining the city as millions come to see the beauty that rich families built up over the centuries. Times, Sunday Times
The Albanian youngster was referred for help after complaining that his bald patch was ruining his life. The Sun
My wife was ruining her health through worry.
The Albanian youngster was referred for help after complaining that his bald patch was ruining his life. The Sun
Practically enslaving me, killing my parents, ruining my estate, and refusing to tell me whether my only brother is still living is kindly?
There is an argument that says globalisation is ruining the individual character of different nations.
And things got worse on March 19 when she was finally reconnected to a neighbour's water supply - the pressure was so great it burst a pipe, leaving her home flooded for more than two days and ruining her kitchen.
Yesterday we spent the morning at the beach, where I did my best to avoid ruining my library pallor while Margaret toasted herself.
A Millions of us face flight delays that risk ruining our holidays. The Sun
A burglar who stole presents from a York family has been sent a sarcastic message of thanks for ruining their Christmas.
Recently, town councillors in Pickering warned that vandals who had been wreaking havoc were ruining the market town for everyone.
Soon after uttering the last word, the telltale, music-ruining shatter of glass could be heard.
The drunken English hordes ruining people 's fun? The Sun
After about four and a half hours of crab ruining my efforts by nicking my bait, I was starting to get a bit anxious as the tide was coming in.
So many anti-immigration fanatics complain about how immigrants are supposedly ruining this country, and one of the things they complain about bitterly is how most telphone menus say “Press 1 for English”. Grave Press | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles
‘It's pretty easy,’ April says, copping an easy-going attitude and ruining any hopes of juicy controversy.
In the wet season the rain pours in, ruining the last of the royal carpets and furnishings.
According to this news report, a real estate developer filed suit against a former sex offender for ruining sales at a subdivision.
Their shady deals and malfeasance is ruining our Middle Class and destroying our working poor. Think Progress » Health Insurance Industry Spin: Funding Attack Ads And Newt Gingrich Is Consistent With Supporting Reform
We Americans have become so uneasy, so stupid, so guilty, and so flatulently patriotic that we are in danger of ruining a fine land. Proust Questionnaire: Norman Mailer
I could have stayed there all day, sipping fizz, denting my credit card irreparably and ruining family relations forever.
You lied to her mother and said these false rumours were ruining your career. The Sun
Is there a chemical to stop worm casts ruining my lawn? The Sun
March 05, 2009 kathy a. said ... gabriella -- you'll probably never see this, but my hot flashes have now wandered from "occasional" to "wicked." holy cow! fortunately, i usually get them at night, ruining sleep and disturbing teh cats, but the day ones are ugly, too. it's a good thing i'm set against HRT, because it turns out my family history contraindicates it, and my doc would not prescribe it for me anyway. Oprah's Talking Hormones
It is possible to blow huge amounts of money on car modifications, ruining your automobile and ending up with a fuel drinking stodgy bone shaker.
Sectarian politics are ruining the country's economy.
While there are no known implications for human health, campaigners say the practice is ruining the marine environment and destroying the livelihoods of local fishermen. Times, Sunday Times
As in the rest of the Continent, the protests are in response to continually rising fuel prices that are ruining small hauliers and farmers, and imposing hardship on ordinary motorists.
Pigeons carry 60 very nasty diseases as well as ruining our buildings and dirtying our pavements with their droppings.
No one seemed to worry that they were demolishing unreplaceable objects, ruining things that were best left untouched.
Splurge on hiring the most skilled tailor you can find to shorten the skirt, probably with a simple, shirt-tail hem, without ruining the garment's lines. Ask Teri
I don't have the skill to desolder chips from the board without ruining it. TiVo Community
Most satisfying is the potential for ruining a parking attendant's day. Times, Sunday Times
Presumably this may also be ruining their prospects of a satisfying, bonded long-term relationship with a partner or husband. Times, Sunday Times
The whistleblowing police officer was vilified in the press and accused of ruining the two officers' lives. Times, Sunday Times
Promoted to Headline (H2) on 1/10/10: The Military-Industrial Compex is Ruining the Economy yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'The Military-Industrial Compex is Ruining the Economy'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Everyone knows that the too big to fails and their dishonest and footsy-playing regulators and politicians are largely responsible for trashing the economy. The Military-Industrial Compex is Ruining the Economy
The drunken English hordes ruining people 's fun? The Sun
Media companies are ruining democracy and corrupting our public life.
Promoted to Headline (H2) on 1/10/10: The Military-Industrial Compex is Ruining the Economy yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'The Military-Industrial Compex is Ruining the Economy'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Page 2 of Article: Article: Everyone knows that the too big to fails and their dishonest and footsy-playing regulators and politicians are largely responsible for trashing the economy. The Military-Industrial Compex is Ruining the Economy
The Albanian youngster was referred for help after complaining that his bald patch was ruining his life. The Sun
A Millions of us face flight delays that risk ruining our holidays. The Sun
They blame her for ruining many small farmers and pushing some to suicide with what they call ultraliberal policies and a failed milk quota system. Euronews
Two separate people spilled beer on my head as they tried to maneuver around me, cursing me in the process for ruining a perfectly good pint.
Protests poured in from jewellery houses and designers, berating me for ruining their business.
Helena is back doing what she does best — pitting people against each other and ruining lives," says Towers, who took over the lip-smacking role in 1997. General Hospital's Constance Towers Drops Details on Helena's Juicy Return
Mass tourism is ruining the city as millions come to see the beauty that rich families built up over the centuries. Times, Sunday Times
March 7th, 2010 at 8: 09 pm linzloo08 brought to you by I Want My Country Back, Inc.!! says: pezmiztix says: barry has made a mockery of the nobel peace prize – as well as gore and others. barry is not only ruining the reputation of this country but also embarrassing the nobel society Think Progress » Mitt Romney Claims That President Obama’s Words ‘Support’ 911 Truthers Abroad
No company, in my view, would dare to create a controversy by ruining the night sky.
One of Clams Casino's best tracks – one of the tracks of the year, in my opinion – is I'm God, a beautiful cirrostratus of a song that Lil B ended up rapping over, ruining its delicate charms in the process. Tim Jonze's On Shuffle: Rap
Lots of anglers blame the swimfeeder for ruining the fishing on many waters.
The man is ruining the show with his childish behaviour and the rubbish acts he votes for. The Sun
Residents first called for a ban four years ago, claiming that heavy vehicles were ruining their quality of life.
He adds: "[T] hey are almost invariably decried as 'marring', 'spoiling', 'ruining', and 'intruding on' the otherwise relatively natural landscape, such as desert, open field, mountainside, and … ocean, and for creating an 'eyesore'. Kansas City infoZine Headlines
The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and the mild satisfaction I get from ruining the occasional piece of furniture.
They stayed somewhere at the back of the ward, having their macaroni cheese supper, apparently uninterested in ruining my life any more. ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?: A Life Through the Movies
This digital world is running the very great risk of ruining our family life. The Sun
If you dance in the rain and think about catching a cold, you're completely ruining the beauty and the carefreeness of it.
He jumped out of his chair, jostling a waiter who spilled coffee down Iger's shirt front, ruining his tie.
Most satisfying is the potential for ruining a parking attendant's day. Times, Sunday Times
He knocked over the red wine, thereby ruining the table cloth
Is there a chemical to stop worm casts ruining my lawn? The Sun
You may need to damage plants by driving on them to turn hay to speed drying and get sunlight to plants underneath; however, it may prevent the old windrows from ruining the rest of your haying year.
HOW can I stop red lily beetles ruining my lilies this year? The Sun
But in doing so, he runs the risk of ruining any possibility of fuming prints with superglue or looking for them with an alternate light source and luminescent powders or processing them with chemicals such as ninhydrin or diazafluoren. Predator
Concerned parents in Bradford claim teenagers are ruining a neighbourhood playground for an estate's youngsters.
Try to protest that the government is ruining your health with its selfish pleasures and see how far you get!
HOW can I stop red lily beetles ruining my lilies this year? The Sun
Maybe somebody outraged by the idea of pesky women ruining good soldiers 'careers, and then quitting anyway. Running Blind
I tried to keep my eyes on the road, and not think about my mother, and the day Aunt Caro called me from the carriage house to tell me someone had left the teakettle on all day, ruining the kettle and the stove, nearly setting fire to the whole kitchen. The Bird House
Kewrious: Shouldn't curfew have been declared in Pattaya hours ago to save the summit keikokaneiwa: good job red shirts. u'r proudly ruining thailand. i'm impressed. xxxdixiechicxxx: da redshirt ppl are real smart they want ppl to join them but they come to pattaya causing madness making us pattaya ppl mad Global Voices in English » Thailand: Protesters disrupt ASEAN Summit
It was going to be dicey - keeping Francine at arm's length without ruining either her or Brunner's feathers. CORMORANT
All it does it sit there humming and grinding away and generally ruining the atmosphere.
She accused him of ruining her financially with his taste for the high life.
Television is ruining the art of conversation.
The man is ruining the show with his childish behaviour and the rubbish acts he votes for. The Sun
I write in response to the story about boy racers ruining the town centre and participating in so-called ‘anti-social’ behaviour.
Cheap imported goods are ruining many businesses.
I have on occasion driven a doberman from a comment thread where they are ruining potential connection, but mostly I leave those blogs to the mess their moderators have failed to address. Archive 2010-03-01
I'm an ectomorph with medium ash brown hair that I'm always ruining by dyeing it (so it always has garish brassy orange tones), brown eyes that I sometimes conceal with grey contacts, and cadaverously fair skin.
She'd learned that lesson a long time ago, even though it had involved taking apart pieces of the ship and ruining them beyond repair.
When she was saddled with ‘neighbours from hell’, the mother-of-four resolutely set about keeping a record of the antisocial activities that were ruining her life.
The built in assumption is that market forces and normal human nature can regulate the behaviours of individuals, companies and nations so that peace and prosperity will reign without those pesky elected bozos ruining everything. Going somewhere I don’t usually | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit"
This is the part of Temple Bar where Dubliners can hang out without ruining their street cred.
She couldn't stop laughing which was quite good because when she did stop laughing she went all serious and ranted on a bit about undesirables ruining the festival.
Daphna: I bet. Why did I have to marry a sentimentalist? You're ruining my life.
In other words, I'm going to chuck a tanty and tell her its my friggen birthday and I dont want aunty violet ruining my party!!! Sierrazen Diary Entry
With an idiocy that may seem almost incredible, the many examples of this had been carefully copy-edited to make them conform to the usual conventions of printed academic prose, ruining their whole point.
He said the number of canoeists and rafters had risen so much it was driving fish and anglers away and ruining his business.
The whistleblowing police officer was vilified in the press and accused of ruining the two officers' lives. Times, Sunday Times
Yeah, the same bunch who think a blow jow is worse than ruining our intellegence community. Think Progress » Bush Consultation on Alito: “Zero, Nothing”
I hope this fizzles out for DJ Get-A-Grown-Up-Name, because this dipshit is ruining it. Yorick and Ampersand Suffer From Separation Sickness in Y: The Last Man Movie? | /Film
My drama teacher made us do monologues from Animal Farm, which is a sure-fire way of ruining any book.
So the "key aspirations" of egalitarian liberals and social conservatives are "broadly in consonance" with ruining the lives of poor immigrants in order to cut native-born yuppies down to size? Malevolent Aspirations, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
How can I stop powdery mildew ruining my soft fruits and vegetables? Times, Sunday Times

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