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.
• On top of this, the building was in such disrepair that it was condemned.
  — Valeria Ricciulli, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2021
• After that, the house slipped into disrepair and squatters moved in.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2021
• But the theater fell into disrepair after a fire in 1979.
  — Seamus McAvoy, courant.com, 30 Sep. 2021
• Some of the handsome greystones in the neighborhood had fallen into disrepair.
  — Samantha Cabrera Friend, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2021
• The nation’s infrastructure has fallen into disrepair, so there is much that is necessary and good to be achieved.
  — Richard Vague, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2021
• Moore and other patients said the facilities were often in disrepair.
  — Christie Thompson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2021
• The mural had fallen into disrepair, its imagery so faded from the sun that some shapes were barely recognizable.
  — Deborah Vankin Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2021
• With the first bore nearly 50 years old, the twin tunnels have fallen into a state of disrepair, in no small part because extreme weather regularly batters the area.
  — New York Times, 24 Sep. 2021
• The building was in disrepair when O’Connor bought it back in 2015 after visiting the tenants and tracking down the owner.
  — Kristi Eaton, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2021
• But as the congregation has shrunk and the building has fallen into disrepair, members have dreamed up a vision for their future: a modern complex that combines a new church with dozens of affordable housing units.
  — New York Times, 22 Oct. 2021
• 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
• At the time, the old mule barns had languished in disrepair for decades, and the empty street was used for parking.
  — Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 July 2024
• 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
• Since then, the Detroit plant sat vacant and stood in disrepair.
  — Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2021
• The impression Belle Isle left on him then was of disrepair.
  — Mason Young, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2022
• Us kids were left to our own devices, in varying states of disrepair.
  — Sarah Paley, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2021
• The theater fell into disrepair and closed in 1987, Nyquist says.
  — Gary Stoller, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
• The talk show host had learned that Conway’s husband, Marcus, had lost his job and that their home was old and in disrepair.
  — Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2022
• Across our district and country, roads and bridges are in disrepair.
  — Ben Smilowitz, Baltimore Sun, 18 May 2022
• 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
• Conditions are improving in some areas, but many are still in disrepair.
  — Abigail Adams, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
• The nursery closed in the mid-1970s and fell into disrepair, but now the city and its partners are trying to resurrect at least a portion of it to grow native trees for Los Angeles residents to plant for free in their yards.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024