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Meanings of lay in ruins in English

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Usage of lay in ruins in English
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Its strongholds lay in ruins; it had neither arms, ammunition, nor officers.
Hero Tales of the Far North
2
Her world lay in ruins, he seemed the one and only good.
The Price of Things
3
Tall shapes filled my view; some had collapsed and lay in ruins.
Enclave
4
All that humankind and nature had wrought over millennia lay in ruins.
The Wandering Earth
5
The airport itself, a favorite target of Massoud's rockets, lay in ruins.
The forever war
6
The panic was stopped, but the business of the country lay in ruins.
The Moneychangers
7
Some had fallen over and lay in ruins on the floor.
Tom Swift in the City of Gold; Or, Marvelous Adventures Undergro...
8
Now Warsaw, beautiful and proud, Warsaw the brilliant lay in ruins.
The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw; Or, In the Wake of War
9
Nearly the whole of the castle lay in ruins before me!
The Stories of the Three Burglars
10
A partnership that had looked like Azinger's trump card now lay in ruins.
The Guardian
11
Athens lay in ruins; and the whole of Attica was occupied by the conqueror.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5: ...
12
Everywhere the artificial handiwork of the Liberator lay in ruins.
The Hispanic Nations of the New World: A Chronicle of Our Southe...
13
The cities which had been the home of all these arts lay in ruins.
General History for Colleges and High Schools
14
Whole blocks lay in ruins; others only showed where shells had crashed into walls.
My Year of the War / Including an Account of Experiences with th...
15
He took pity on the old friendship which lay in ruins at his feet.
Berlin and Sans-Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends
16
The barbicans lay in ruins and the western wall of the castle was shattered.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
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