run down

Example Sentences

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Wolf, a construction worker who lived with his mother and aunt in a run-down apartment complex off Foothill Boulevard, vented in Instagram comments about the city’s handling of the homelessness crisis.

From Los Angeles Times

Here is a run-down of what has happened to the family members:

From BBC

A run-down shed, a path with broken paving stones, a tiny square of muddy grass, trees along the edge.

From Literature

AFP gives a run-down of where these data centres are being built, and why:

From Barron's

It's no easy task in the run-down former mining town, with those interested in fashion careers looking to places such as Glasgow, around an hour's drive away, or even further afield.

From Barron's