dilapidation

Example Sentences

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There’s this sense of his physical dilapidation as he moves.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Still, how is it that the official residence of Canadian prime ministers was allowed to fall into a state of dilapidation?

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2023

Today, the neat premises of Havana’s Fine Arts Museum contrast with the MACC’s dilapidation.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2022

Is 20 miles of disrepair and dilapidation how we want to represent our democracy’s best idea?

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2021

The Club House sits in tired dilapidation, its roof no longer safe for telescopes.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam