1 The forest was ravaged by fire.

2 Bands of soldiers ravaged the countryside.

3 The area has been ravaged by drought/floods/war.

4 His health was gradually ravaged by drink and drugs.

5 The whole area was ravaged by forest fires.

6 The countryside has been ravaged by pollution.

7 My native village was ravaged seriously in the war.

8 For two decades the country has been ravaged by civil war and foreign intervention.

9 Early colonists ravaged native populations with syphilis and typhoid.

10 He died alone, his body ravaged by self- abuse.

11 And the economy, ravaged by revolution and war, collapsed.

12 His last years were ravaged by financial crises.

13 The invaders ravaged the countryside.

14 Ancient economies were routinely ravaged by high inflation, which almost always shakes the political structure until its leaders tumble down.

15 The natural habitats of Britain's wildlife have been ravaged by urban sprawl and pollution.

16 For nearly a month, doctors debated amputating his ravaged legs.

17 In the ensuing years the county was ravaged by plagues of grasshoppers.

18 In this country that has been ravaged by civil war even more than by drought,(www.Sentencedict.com) security is shaky.

19 Inside appeared a dark labyrinth of ravaged shelves behind plate glass still festooned with the posters advertising special Christmas bargains.

20 A ragged tear ravaged the painted face that looked back at her.

21 The Maastricht issue ravaged the party, and sapped the energy and authority of government and prime minister.

22 Peschisllibo ravaged Derby's defence in an exhilarating first half when Birmingham rocketed into a three goal lead.

23 The bamboo wall looked like a piece of furniture that had been ravaged by woodworm.

24 In 1954 he completed the restoration of the chapel, which was ravaged by death-watch beetle.

25 She had lost all pretensions to lady likeness as she clutched her ravaged bosom.

26 It would help create certainty for exporters and importers, who have been ravaged by the unpredictability of our currency.

27 There's a highly successful advertising executive, once handsome and athletic, now eaten away and ravaged.

28 But the incident at the US-controlled airport illustrated continuing security problems in a city ravaged by conflict and still stalked by muggers.

29 It was thus doomed to fail-but not before it had ravaged every society it touched.

30 The arguments are moral: the rich countries owe a debt for the ravaged resources of the Third World.