disrepair

Example Sentences

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Now frozen by British sanctions, the properties have fallen into disrepair, the overgrown lots a blight on an upscale street lined with manicured gardens and iron gates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Roofs on the homes of four contract soldiers were fixed after falling into disrepair, but only after significant media attention.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

"The fact that we are reconfiguring it, not letting it fall into disrepair, is a great story," Lier said.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Around him were additional signs of disrepair: an X-ray examination board without a functioning backlight, and a dust-covered ultraviolet sterilization machine that hadn’t worked in months.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

He realized quickly the strange doorkeeper resembled certain of the Fair Folk he had once seen in Eiddileg’s kingdom; only this individual seemed in a woeful state of disrepair.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander