Sample sentences for DILAPIDATED

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Definition

in bad condition — especially from age and neglect

a dilapidated old car

The home is dilapidated from decades of neglect.
After looking the town over with some care, the most suitable place that could be secured seemed to be a rather dilapidated shanty near the coloured Methodist church, together with the church itself as a sort of assembly-room.
Booker T. Washington -- Up From Slavery
There was a window on each side of the dilapidated entrance;
Charles Dickens -- Oliver Twist
The old, dilapidated house stood in the setting sun, quiet and serene, belying the horror that it had harbored for so many years.
Ted Dekker -- BoneMan's Daughters
We crossed a dirt courtyard, where pieces of clothing hung like pennants from a wire, and entered a dilapidated hut like all the others.
Isabel Allende -- The House of Spirits
The factory was a much bigger building than she had imagined, and it was incredibly dilapidated.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
So, we sit out on her dilapidated porch and she tells me the whole story about Zach.
Melody Carlson -- Becoming Me
But, when the sun was low, three men turned in at the gateway and made for the dilapidated house.
Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit
The Colosseum was a dilapidated shell, and the Arch of Constantine had fallen.
Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
Mom and Dad moved into a six-story flophouse in a more dilapidated neighborhood.
Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle
She faltered a step toward the dilapidated rail fence as they came up.
Grace MacGowan Cooke -- The Power and the Glory
There were no numbers on the dilapidated place, but the tattoo parlor beside it was just two numbers off.
Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
First it was an old police station, then it was a dilapidated storefront sporting a yellow awning that read jade wolf Chinese cuisine.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Bones
The men wavered in indecision for a moment, and then with a long, wailful cry the dilapidated regiment surged forward and began its new journey.
Stephen Crane -- The Red Badge of Courage
We spent nearly every waking moment covered with stench and grime while we gutted out Mother's dilapidated house.
Dave Peizer -- A Man Named Dave
He called the Södertälje police and gave them Paolo Roberto's directions to a dilapidated warehouse southwest of Lake Yngern.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Played with Fire
As Shade swore, Bryan got a glimpse that revealed the dilapidated car was packed with kids.
Nora Roberts -- Summer Pleasures
Duane peeped in to see a dilapidated youngster on her knee.
Zane Grey -- The Lone Star Ranger
He had come to Market Basing eight years ago and rented Leigh House, a rambling, dilapidated old mansion fast falling into ruin.
Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot

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