How to pronounce ruins
Listen to ruins 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.
“ruins” in real sentences
622 clips in the index · 51 American · 70 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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ruins and the rainforest.
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
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It just ruins everything.
British Library · hear it here
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from the ruins of Europe.
UK Parliament · hear it here
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A flagship bill in ruins.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of ruins. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.