run-down hotel
Example Sentences
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From its humble beginnings in a run-down hotel decades ago, Christmas in July – which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like – has become a beloved Australian tradition.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025
A sprawling, run-down hotel near the water in southeast Long Beach is being replaced with a laid-back $100-million outdoor mall that will make food and leisure front and center.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2017
It’s a run-down hotel now, operated by Cuban state tourism.
From Slate • Nov. 29, 2015
From the 20th floor of the Habana Libre, a run-down hotel, not one crane can be seen on the skyline.
From Economist • Aug. 7, 2014
He recalled a long journey on the train, their arrival at Stacey, and the taking over of the run-down hotel that his mother had refurnished and made a place of neatness and comfort.
From Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life by Knibbs, Henry Herbert
