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Recent Examples of tumbledown All except a few dozen hardy souls who formed the historical society and began patching the scars of this tumbledown town. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024 The project is in a tumbledown section of Oildale, situated between an optical lens store and aquatic pet shop. Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024 The pictures within chronicle a turbulent half decade in the lives of Billingham’s family members, who reside in a tumbledown tower-block apartment in the town of Cradley Heath. Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 29 Feb. 2024 For much of recent history, intimate private colleges and universities have thrived here, as much a part of the region’s identity as tumbledown stone walls and scenic coastlines, the local highways bristling with signs signaling that another quintessential New England campus is just an exit away. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for tumbledown
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Adjective
  • Dayna is unemployed and newly single, and an out-of-the-blue opportunity to fix up a dilapidated mansion into an influencer house seems like her ticket to a new life.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Nearly two weeks after San Jose began dismantling its largest homeless encampment, the city is set to open its first-ever safe sleeping site, which will provide tents for dozens of the approximately 370 residents who have lived in dilapidated RVs and squalor at Columbus Park.
    Devan Patel, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Same premise as the exterior, but even more important: Don’t buy a car with a neglected interior.
    Jimmy Camp, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Close the Loop Following through on commitments is the simplest and yet shockingly most neglected way to earn long-term trust.
    Serenity Gibbons, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025

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“Tumbledown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumbledown. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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