Examples of decrepitude in a Sentence
The house has fallen into decrepitude.
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In playing the character later on, was there a sort of reverse-engineering of his decrepitude?
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Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 26 Apr. 2025
The clinics’ decrepitude was regularly mentioned in health ministry meetings.
—Mara Kardas-Nelson, The Dial, 8 Apr. 2025
If that’s not enough for perennial contention, then the rest of the AFC East’s decrepitude will keep that window wide open.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Any rescue from the muck rests with ordinary citizens taking city and state government back from the politicians serving special interests rather than their own; and shunting aside the go-along-to-get-along business and civic elites settling for decrepitude.
—Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2024
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Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 26 Apr. 2025
The clinics’ decrepitude was regularly mentioned in health ministry meetings.
—Mara Kardas-Nelson, The Dial, 8 Apr. 2025
If that’s not enough for perennial contention, then the rest of the AFC East’s decrepitude will keep that window wide open.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Any rescue from the muck rests with ordinary citizens taking city and state government back from the politicians serving special interests rather than their own; and shunting aside the go-along-to-get-along business and civic elites settling for decrepitude.
—Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Decrepitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decrepitude. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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decrepitude
noun
de·crep·i·tude
di-ˈkrep-ə-ˌt(y)üd 
: the quality or state of being decrepit : loss of strength or sturdiness especially from old age
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