Sample Sentences fordecrepit (auto-selected)
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Before long there was a fluttering of wings, and back came the thrush; and with him came a most decrepit old bird. (source)decrepit = worn out or run down
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lf thirty-two is old and decrepit, what does that make you, old man?† (source)
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That was good, the decrepit Devon endeavor.† (source)
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I realized how very old and decrepit I must look to this young person.† (source)
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Johnny pointed to one decrepit but oddly elegant structure and said, "The Empire State Building."† (source)
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We end up settling for a few rounds on a decrepit miniature golf course.† (source)
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Standing on a golden perch behind the door was a decrepit-looking bird that resembled a half-plucked turkey.† (source)
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All life seemed to have ebbed away, and even when the sun shone the day was Shrunk and cold, As if her veins were sapless and old, And she rose up decrepitly For a last dim look at earth and sea.† (source)
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For the next thirty minutes Walt and Billie walk quietly around the decrepit vehicle, amble down to the Sushana River, visit the nearby woods.† (source)
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I went downstairs to the tiny windowless gift shop and asked the decrepit volunteer sitting on a stool behind a cash register what kind of flowers smell the strongest.† (source)
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Only when she mounts the stage and they ask for volunteers, all you can hear is the wind whistling through the decrepit buildings around her.† (source)
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In the opinion of Hans Junior, his father was part of an old, decrepit Germany—one that allowed everyone else to take it for the proverbial ride while its own people suffered.† (source)
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In the newspaper photo the old supervisor was decrepit, leaning on a cane on his porch, but his cold steel eyes gave Turner a shiver.† (source)
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Some of it was as heartbreaking as it was cliché: decrepit shacks rotting away, stray dogs begging for food, and old furniture strewn on the lawns.† (source)
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The journey is supposed to take fifty-four minutes, but it rarely does: this section of the track is ancient, decrepit, beset with signalling problems and neverending engineering works.† (source)
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Inside the sealed house, there was no tree; there were no Christmas decorations, not even candles in the windows, not even a decrepit Santa leaning against a table lamp.† (source)
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