Sentence examples of "ruines" in French

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La tour se dressait parmi les ruines. The tower stood among ruins.
Après l'ouragan, leur maison était en ruines. After the hurricane, their house was a wreck.
Vous pouvez voir les anciennes ruines au loin. You can see the ancient ruins in the distance.
Sans toi, ma vie est un champ de ruines. Life's a ruin without you.
La vue des ruines lui rappela le sens de la guerre. The sight of the ruins brought home to him the meaning of war.
D'antiques ruines extraterrestres, dans les postes avancés éloignés de la sphère de l'espace humain, hantèrent de nombreuses générations. Ancient alien ruins in faraway outposts of the Human Space Sphere spooked many generations.
Le scandale a ruiné sa carrière. The scandal ruined his career.
Le scandale a presque ruiné sa carrière. The scandal nearly wrecked her career.
Son arrogance l'a conduit à la ruine. His arrogance led to his downfall.
La télé ruine la vie de famille. Television is ruining family life.
Le château se trouve désormais en ruine. The castle is now in ruins.
Un arbitre tatillon peut ruiner un combat. A fussy referee can ruin a bout.
C'est le jeu qui entraîna sa ruine. It was gambling that brought about his ruin.
Je pense que les examens ruinent l'éducation. I think exams are ruining education.
Une série d'explosions mis le laboratoire en ruine. A series of blasts reduced the laboratory to ruins.
Science sans conscience n'est que ruine de l'âme. Science without conscience is only the ruin of the soul.
C'est le jeu qui l'a conduit à la ruine. It was gambling that brought about his ruin.
Tu devrais vraiment laisser tomber ça. Ça va ruiner ta santé. You should really lay off that. It'll ruin your health.
Elle va ruiner sa vie si elle épouse ce bon-à-rien. Quelqu'un devrait lui inculquer quelque bon sens. She's going to ruin her life if she marries that good-for-nothing. Someone should knock some sense into her.
Je me suis éveillé à l'aube ce matin, pour constater que les cultures avaient été ruinées par des oiseaux voraces. I awoke this morning at the crack of dawn, only to find that the crops had been ruined by ravenous birds.
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