How to Use defunct in a Sentence

defunct

adjective

• She wrote for the now-defunct newspaper.
• The substance could be used to fill defunct oil and gas wells.
  — Jesse Bedayn, ajc, 17 Feb. 2023
• West Virginia bailed on the now-defunct Big East the following year for the Big 12.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2022
• The defunct shopping center was on 59th and Northern avenues, and the city pitched the site as an option for the Coyotes.
  — Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2023
• Their nuptials took place in a private suite of the now-defunct Aladdin Hotel.
  — Nicole Briese, PEOPLE.com, 23 June 2022
• Illinois Central is now defunct and the train line is run by Metra.
  — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
• Paul and his brother Logan rose to fame on the defunct social platform Vine with their comedic shorts.
  — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 8 June 2023
• Last year, the Detroit giant managed to sell two examples of the defunct sports car.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2024
• Around that same time, the now-defunct Mexican restaurant chain Chi-Chi's was sweeping the nation.
  — Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 28 July 2022
• The golden-colored slip dress was from her now-defunct clothing line, Daya by Zendaya.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2022
• The cemetery has been defunct since 2010, so there were difficulties in pinpointing where the teen was buried.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2023
• The operator was Pan Am, an airline that is now defunct.
  — Elizabeth Souder, Quartz, 7 Dec. 2022
• Bugatti knows this better than most, having been defunct for a decent chunk of the second half of the 20th century.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2022
• The case comes in a variety of colors and sizes, but features the defunct airline's globular logo in a funky ’70s font.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2024
• The president-elect was once a rebel with the now-defunct M-19 movement and was granted amnesty after being jailed for his involvement with the group.
  — Regina Garcia Cano and Astrid Suarez, USA TODAY, 20 June 2022
• Near the top of any list of the most treasured sentence fragments posted there, the now-defunct account @Horse_ebooks would have several entries.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 28 June 2022
• Also, Harty said, compared to the fuel cell system found in the now-defunct Clarity, the next-gen system costs two-thirds less to build.
  — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 8 Feb. 2023
• The new deal brings a windfall of cash to the burgeoning league, which was reformed in 2012 from the remnants of the defunct Women’s Professional Soccer league.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2023
• For fans of the now defunct trio, which also included guitarist Andy Summers, Copeland has also always been a hero of sorts.
  — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
• The transfer of defunct or imploding assets to Putin’s cronies does not enrich Russia.
  — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2023
• China once tried to check its population growth with the now defunct one-child policy.
  — Jace Zhang, NBC News, 21 Apr. 2023
• Williams earned a Golden Globe nomination in the now defunct category new star of the year (actor).
  — J. Kim Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2023
• Her columns for the now-defunct L.A. Times Magazine grated on some readers, who sent letters to the editor.
  — Sesshu Foster, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
• The venue is operated by the former managers of U Street Music Hall, with the same commitment as the defunct club to the prosperity of the underground scene.
  — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
• Tom, who was once seen as a prominent and successful plaintiff's lawyer, founded the now-defunct law firm Girardi Keese.
  — Bellamy Richardson, PEOPLE.com, 19 July 2022
• But the inquiry apparently prompted Bigelow to turn over other gifts to the trustee overseeing the defunct law firm Girardi Keese.
  — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022
• At this point, the observation that Joe Biden is for all intents and purposes defunct is not an opinion so much as a self-evident fact.
  — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 12 Feb. 2024
• But a defunct ban on those unions in the Virginia Constitution would become operative again if the Supreme Court were to reverse itself.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
• Paul initially became famous on Vine, the defunct social video app, before jumping to YouTube.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 June 2023
• In the post-credits scene of Season 1, Butcher appears at the now defunct facility and starts to investigate.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 2 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024