decrepitude

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Recent Examples of decrepitude 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 Despite Orlok’s prosthetic decrepitude and the plague-like toxicity of his love, what truly horrifies Ellen about him is that some unknown part of her nature craves his touch. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024 His advanced decrepitude will be matched only by the looming threat of irrelevance in a desensitized world. Hunter Ingram, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for decrepitude
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decrepitude
Noun
  • Allowed to crumble into disrepair by its owners, the Meruelo family, the famous hotel was ordered demolished by the city as a hazardous structure.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Public water systems across the country have been falling into disrepair in recent decades due to aging and sometimes dangerous infrastructure, as cities with lead water pipes have discovered.
    Jeremy Orr, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • One hundred and thirteen years later, much of the great vessel — and what’s left of its splendors — remains in the same spot it was found four decades ago in 1985, though decay and human interference have changed its form over time.
    Nicole Briese, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Water fluoridation has been proven to be so effective at preventing tooth decay that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) named it one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the 20th century, a time during which Americans' life expectancies rose by 30 years.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The shadow of death and debility haunted American women throughout the nineteenth century.
    Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 28 June 2024
  • President Biden’s troubles — lingering inflation, wars and rumors of wars, his debility — could have benefited any Republican.
    David Harsanyi, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024

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“Decrepitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decrepitude. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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