dilapidation

Example Sentences

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There’s this sense of his physical dilapidation as he moves.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

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

It’s certainly familiar to Parlá, who absorbs the visual signatures of dilapidation into his paintings, murals and sculpture.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2022

That 20-mile stretch sees the greatest number of visitors, and the canal towpath in this section is an embarrassment of dilapidation, washouts, weeds, ruts and graffiti.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2021

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