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.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• By the time the Scarlett family bought Whitehall, the place was in disrepair.
  — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
• The theater fell into disrepair and closed in 1987, Nyquist says.
  — Gary Stoller, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
• But by the time of her death in 1988, Llangollen had fallen into disrepair.
  — Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
• But over the years, the headstones have fallen into disrepair.
  — Lisa Rathke, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2022
• The caning had fallen into disrepair but the seat cushion was in good shape.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
• With time, the three-room clapboard house fell into disrepair.
  — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Mar. 2023
• Gravity had pulled it into the earth as the cemetery fell into disrepair over the years.
  — Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 6 Nov. 2022
• According to Bronin, the school is a historic building that has been vacant for a long time and in some disrepair.
  — Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2023
• By the 1920s, many of the Regent's Park villas had fallen into disrepair.
  — Town & Country, 23 Apr. 2023
• Officials also said many sections of the jail are old and in disrepair.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2023
• Although some of Rome’s ancient bridges are still in use, this one fell into disrepair.
  — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 16 July 2022
• But a lot of them fell into disrepair, or attracted people who were down and out, or both.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
• There was a need to generate revenue to ensure the site would not fall into disrepair again, Butt said.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
• But by the mid-1970s, the Rose Garden had fallen into disrepair, and the City of Hartford could not allocate funds to sustain it.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2022
• In the years since, the property has fallen into disrepair.
  — Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2022
• Customers bring cars to him in various stages of disrepair, so the cost of a makeover depends on the starting condition and the final goal.
  — Dallas News, 28 Oct. 2022
• The house — a converted 1960s trailer — was in disrepair.
  — Propublica, Dallas News, 18 May 2023
• The dingy facade was encrusted in lichen; once-grand Tudor-style details were in disrepair; bones were even found in the basement.
  — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 19 Nov. 2022
• Prior to the fire, most of the beloved resort had already been torn down after falling into disrepair.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2022
• But for all its glamour, the house has fallen into disrepair in recent decades.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2023
• The property fell into disrepair over the years and was closed in 2017 after an electrical fire.
  — CBS News, 13 Nov. 2022
• The convention center and several venues at Fair Park are in disrepair due to decades of neglect.
  — Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2022
• By the outbreak of the Civil War in April 1861, the structure had fallen into such disrepair that only a third of it remained standing.
  — Dorvall Bedford, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
• It’s the rebirth of a venue that had fallen into disrepair until Cabaniss.
  — Dallas News, 31 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024