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
Still, how is it that the official residence of Canadian prime ministers was allowed to fall into a state of dilapidation?
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2023
Today, the neat premises of Havana’s Fine Arts Museum contrast with the MACC’s dilapidation.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
I want to hear details about how others are decaying and share my dilapidation with them.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2022
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
