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.
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Scotland has been ruinous.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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Part of it was truly ruinous empathy.
TED · hear it here
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and sold as commodities has been absolutely ruinous.
Dept of Justice · hear it here
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But in that ruinous moment, there were glimmers of hope.
State Department · hear it here
Why real speech
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