disused

Example Sentences

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The 56-year-old -- known as "Dezi" -- escaped into a national park littered with disused mineshafts.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The film's depiction of the desparate crush at Kabul airport of people escaping approaching Taliban forces made use of a disused German prison.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

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

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

Their first home was a disused waterworks in Rawcliffe Bridge, near Goole.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

Once they’d snuck into a rave in a disused warehouse down in the Flats and danced until three, glow necklaces ringing their wrists and their throats.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng