disuse

Example Sentences

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Since its closure along with the rail works in 1986, it fell into disuse and disrepair.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2024

It fell into disuse after Congress granted an amnesty to most ex-rebels in 1872.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2024

This is why the Spanish, who arrived in the 1500s and set out to control the people by converting them to Catholicism, banned the cultivation and possession of the crop, which fell into disuse.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2024

So much so that her Peloton bike—like so many other Peloton bikes across America—has fallen into disuse.

From Slate • Sep. 2, 2023

Its voice was low, and slow, and rough with disuse.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell