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.
  • About a year ago, the home was abandoned and in disrepair.
    — Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Many of the buildings on Main Street are in some form of disrepair.
    — Thomas Fuller, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2021
  • Many of the buildings on Main Street are in some form of disrepair.
    — New York Times, 18 May 2021
  • By the 1980s, the building had fallen out of use and was in disrepair.
    — Dallas News, 13 May 2021
  • The windows were in disrepair and there were few lights.
    — Libertina Brandt, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Most of the debris was cleared by the UN, but much of the airport remains in disrepair.
    — Fred Bahnson, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
  • Yet as the decades passed, the apartments that made up the Alazán-Apache Courts fell into disrepair.
    — Marina Starleaf Riker, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Feb. 2021
  • But these days the church is in disrepair and has been closed for two years because the gas bill could not be paid and the heat turned off.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
  • But these days the church is in disrepair and has been closed for two years because the gas bill could not be paid and the heat turned off.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
  • On top of this, the building was in such disrepair that it was condemned.
    — Valeria Ricciulli, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2021
  • And if the Cougars’ defense is in disrepair, maybe those answers have to come from the offense.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • At the time, the old mule barns had languished in disrepair for decades, and the empty street was used for parking.
    — Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 July 2024
  • One, known as the Wadsworth mansion, fell into disrepair and was torn down in 1950.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2021
  • One, known as the Wadsworth mansion, fell into disrepair and was torn down in 1950.
    — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2021
  • One, known as the Wadsworth mansion, fell into disrepair and was torn down in 1950.
    — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Many of the homes and buildings around the sea have fallen into disrepair.
    — Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The Mark Twain Zephyr passed through the hands of a half-dozen or so owners as the once gleaming state-of-the art train sank into disrepair.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2020
  • The home's owner passed away more than a year ago, leaving the house to fall into disrepair.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 10 May 2023
  • However, over the years, the house has faced disrepair.
    — Julia Fomby, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The Navy has fewer than a dozen minesweepers, many in disrepair.
    — T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Fawcette says Nichols’ home fell into a state of disrepair.
    — al, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Fawcette says Nichols’ home fell into a state of disrepair.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2021
  • The trailhead starts at the bank barn — built in the bank of a small hill — with a smaller barn that has fallen into disrepair.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • By the time the Scarlett family bought Whitehall, the place was in disrepair.
    — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
  • If a sign is in disrepair, email Cordiak at [email protected].
    — Rich Heileman, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Since then, the Detroit plant sat vacant and stood in disrepair.
    — Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2021
  • The impression Belle Isle left on him then was of disrepair.
    — Mason Young, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2022
  • When the city acquired the property more than 10 years ago, the water tower was already in disrepair.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025

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