How to Use disrepair in a Sentence
disrepair
noun
- The lighthouse was in disrepair until the volunteers cleaned it up.
- After years of neglect, the house fell into disrepair.
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Many of the buildings on Main Street are in some form of disrepair.
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Thomas Fuller,
Arkansas Online,
25 May 2021
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By the 1980s, the building had fallen out of use and was in disrepair.
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Dallas News,
13 May 2021
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The windows were in disrepair and there were few lights.
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Libertina Brandt,
WSJ,
21 Nov. 2022
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Most of the debris was cleared by the UN, but much of the airport remains in disrepair.
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Fred Bahnson,
Harper’s Magazine ,
20 July 2022
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Yet as the decades passed, the apartments that made up the Alazán-Apache Courts fell into disrepair.
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Marina Starleaf Riker,
San Antonio Express-News,
6 Feb. 2021
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On top of this, the building was in such disrepair that it was condemned.
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Valeria Ricciulli,
Curbed,
25 Oct. 2021
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And if the Cougars’ defense is in disrepair, maybe those answers have to come from the offense.
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Kevin Reynolds,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
28 Oct. 2022
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At the time, the old mule barns had languished in disrepair for decades, and the empty street was used for parking.
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Kate Marijolovic,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 July 2024
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One, known as the Wadsworth mansion, fell into disrepair and was torn down in 1950.
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Barbara Henry,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2021
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Many of the homes and buildings around the sea have fallen into disrepair.
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Rebecca Plevin,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Dec. 2024
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The home's owner passed away more than a year ago, leaving the house to fall into disrepair.
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Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
10 May 2023
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Fawcette says Nichols’ home fell into a state of disrepair.
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al,
16 Aug. 2021
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By the time the Scarlett family bought Whitehall, the place was in disrepair.
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Fredrick Kunkle,
Washington Post,
16 May 2023
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Since then, the Detroit plant sat vacant and stood in disrepair.
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Dana Afana,
Detroit Free Press,
9 Dec. 2021
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The impression Belle Isle left on him then was of disrepair.
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Mason Young,
Detroit Free Press,
5 June 2022
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Us kids were left to our own devices, in varying states of disrepair.
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Sarah Paley,
The New Yorker,
16 Nov. 2021
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The theater fell into disrepair and closed in 1987, Nyquist says.
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Gary Stoller,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2024
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The restaurant had been in disrepair for years as its owner sought ways to sell the property.
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Phillip Valys,
sun-sentinel.com,
25 Mar. 2021
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The talk show host had learned that Conway’s husband, Marcus, had lost his job and that their home was old and in disrepair.
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Diane Bellcolumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2022
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Across our district and country, roads and bridges are in disrepair.
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Ben Smilowitz,
Baltimore Sun,
18 May 2022
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But by the time of her death in 1988, Llangollen had fallen into disrepair.
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Kathy Orton,
Washington Post,
15 July 2022
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But over the years, the headstones have fallen into disrepair.
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Lisa Rathke,
BostonGlobe.com,
3 Oct. 2022
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Topping the list are New Hampshire's aging roads and bridges, many of which are in a state of disrepair, according to the White House.
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Christian Wade,
Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2021
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The caning had fallen into disrepair but the seat cushion was in good shape.
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Southern Living Editors,
Southern Living,
2 Aug. 2023
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With time, the three-room clapboard house fell into disrepair.
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Ellen Wexler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Mar. 2023
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Double check the roof for any moss growth or missing shingles, and the siding for disrepair.
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Melissa Rolland,
courant.com,
24 Sep. 2020
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In 1984, the theater was mostly used for movies and had fallen into disrepair.
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Jessica Boehm,
Axios,
3 Feb. 2025
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Many of the stadiums were repurposed or fell into disrepair.
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Sarah Enelow-Snyder,
AFAR Media,
3 Feb. 2025
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