dilapidation

Example Sentences

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The hotel’s dilapidation — to say nothing of its grubby, grabby, mostly male clientele — is a far cry from the yacht parties the women were recently enjoying in Sydney.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2023

The group also heard significant concerns about financial investment in the service and the negative impact on infrastructure - including the dilapidation of the police estate in some areas and the quality of technology.

From BBC • May 23, 2023

You wouldn’t choose to wear the scent of dilapidation or urban decline or gentrification or environmental racism.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2022

Hugo deplored the dilapidation of the structure but stood in awe of the palimpsest.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2019

More than the dilapidation, it was this connection, this lost memory of the temple’s grander relation, which gave the useless little building its sorry air.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan