dilapidated

Example Sentences

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The partners leased their first of three parcels of barren flatland for around $25,000 a month, anchored by a dilapidated ranch house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Beyond the obvious, the dilapidated housing and the poverty, what struck Duncan Smith in Easterhouse was the hopelessness, the sense that being on benefits was a destination, not a bridge.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Beneath moss-covered cinder blocks, dilapidated stone markers, and a handful of headstones, more than 200 children who died in state custody between the 1870s and 1930s are buried.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

But it’s here, in places like the dust-swept grouping of cinder-block houses and dilapidated buildings that make up Al Kawd, where the real-world impact of those cuts can be most clearly felt.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

The dilapidated schoolhouse by the stables was generally empty.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead