decrepitude

Example Sentences

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They asked: "How do we ethically justify forcing these bodies to continue to exist in decrepitude?"

From BBC • May 13, 2025

On Tuesday, one of the main buildings on the property was demolished, after a devastating fire delivered the killing blow following decades of decrepitude and abandonment.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2022

Another important reason for the growing ranks of senior athletes is a shift in the mindset of older Americans, who no longer see aging as a sadly inevitable slide into decline and decrepitude.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2022

Nor do you have to be a man, though Letts now seems to be our leading contender for bard of male moral decrepitude.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2021

Other than these small businesses, there are more shingled houses, the same shape and size and in the same state of mild decrepitude, painted mint, or lilac, or powder blue.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri