How to pronounce ruinous

Listen to ruinous in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“ruinous” in real sentences

126 clips in the index · 12 American · 54 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. Scotland has been ruinous.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

  2. Part of it was truly ruinous empathy.

    TED · hear it here

  3. and sold as commodities has been absolutely ruinous.

    Dept of Justice · hear it here

  4. But in that ruinous moment, there were glimmers of hope.

    State Department · hear it here

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