Example sentences for: ruins

How can you use “ruins” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Room 2 is the first of two rooms displaying finds from the Old-Palace period (2000–1700 b.c.), including the earliest examples of fine Kamáresware pottery with its polychrome decoration, found in the ruins at Knossós.

  • The dusty Villa Romana de Milreu (Roman ruins of Milreu) are 1.5 km (1 mile) down the road from the village toward Faro (a small sign on the side of the road reads “Ruinas de Milreu”).

  • Standing virtually opposite the Sorbonne’s rue des Ecoles entrance, at 6 place Paul-Painlevé, are the massive brick ruins of the ancient Roman public baths.

  • Other portions are in such ruins that one must walk along the outside of the wall on steep, narrow paths, where the footing is difficult.

  • Portugal’s largest and finest Roman ruins lie 17 km (10 miles) south of Coimbra, at Conimbriga, close to the pottery town of Condeixa-a-Nova.


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