1.   Currencies that plummeted, leaving ruin in their wake, have crawled back.

2.   Many of the houses fell into disrepair, leaving only ruins.

3.   Ruins are left to us.

4.   Soviet bombers pounded the village more than once, leaving jagged ruins where mudwalled homes once stood and forcing many villagers to flee to Pakistan and Iran as refugees.

5.   He should leave our ruins.