decrepit

Example Sentences

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They loaded salvageable sofas and home appliances onto decrepit blue pickup trucks in the unmistakable 1960s design of local brand Zamyad.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

Venezuela will benefit if U.S. oil companies modernize the country’s decrepit oil production facilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

For that offense, she was grabbed off the street by a half-dozen plainclothes federal agents and detained for weeks in a decrepit ICE facility, thousands of miles away.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2025

The government has referred to the ships as being "decrepit and dangerous" as well as being responsible for "reckless seafaring".

From BBC • May 8, 2025

Elder Raspin, the most decrepit of the Elders, asked.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill