disuse

Example Sentences

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

From Literature

One of the hottest trends in fashion right now is hosting catwalk shows in empty office blocks or disused car parks.

From Barron's

She became the only prisoner locked up in Dhaka's old - and now disused - central jail.

From BBC

Mr Baldwin was captured alone in the village of Estry on 8 August that year, after taking cover from German fire in a disused house and being stunned by a nearby explosion.

From BBC

Water in disused mines, which maintains a relatively stable temperature, is beginning to supply larger heat pumps here, for example.

From BBC