derelict

Example Sentences

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It has been derelict since 2007, according to local councillor Bill Cawley.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

On a former derelict dock in the British port city of Liverpool, fans of Everton throng eateries and bars at the football club's new stadium ahead of a Premier League match.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

The improvised prison pens—everything from old army barracks and training camps, barns and fairgrounds, derelict cotton warehouses and tobacco factories—were emptied out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

These derelict streets, wind-swept by the bracing North Sea air, were once the envy of the community, teeming with life.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

The derelict quiet lasted only a moment before Black Bottom erupted from all its alleys and doorways.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides