The spoor was a wide road for a thousand men had passed along it and the wagons and gun carriages had left deep ruts.

Environmentalists say that 18-wheelers will leave damaging ruts in the sand and may crush the turtles or smash the eggs they bury in shallow holes on the beach.

The way was rough, the soil soft so that the machines crawled through it slowly, leaving deep ruts.

She gunned the car across the fairway, leaving deep ruts, then came to a green.

That goddamned jeep is leaving ruts all over my goddamned fairway!

And they bring four-wheel-drive vehicles that leave huge ruts in the sand, which trap the bird's young as they traverse the beach looking for food.

The museum's handicapped parking - you have to be an insider there to find it behind the museum - is on soft gravel, where cars and wheelchairs leave ruts that last forever.

The monster sort of dragged itself around in a big circle, leaving ruts in the golden sand.

Unlike tractors and skidders, horses do not leave ruts in the ground and do not damage trees that are still standing.

Heavy ballistae and onagers were assembled and stone shot made ready for the dawn, their bulk leaving ruts in the soil.