At the end of the war, Korea lay in ruins.

Today, the debate was over: the house lay in ruins.

Following the civil war, much of the town lay in ruins.

It killed no one, but the house lay in ruins.

Following this destruction, the city lay in ruins for some time.

But there was none, only that which lay before him in ruins.

It lay in ruins for years before finally disappearing around 1930.

Every single plan I had made for my life lay in ruins.

The storm killed 200 people and the town lay in ruins.

They'll not risk their own cities being laid in ruins.