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.
  • These oil fields have been in disrepair for years.
    — ABC News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • It had been known for being in a state of disrepair for years.
    — Washington Post, 19 June 2019
  • Lonny said some homes in disrepair would cost too much to fix.
    — Katheryn Houghton, NPR, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But its oil sector is in dire disrepair.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Our roads and highways are in disrepair.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The wood floors were in severe disrepair.
    — Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The outside of the house is in disrepair and the yard is overgrown.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
  • On top of this, the building was in such disrepair that it was condemned.
    — Valeria Ricciulli, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Us kids were left to our own devices, in varying states of disrepair.
    — Sarah Paley, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Many of the graves that were older were not just not maintained, but in disrepair.
    — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
  • Since then, the park has sat vacant and in disrepair for the better part of two decades.
    — Southern Living, 1 June 2018
  • Across our district and country, roads and bridges are in disrepair.
    — Ben Smilowitz, Baltimore Sun, 18 May 2022
  • The gasket of the two-door cooler was in disrepair.
    — Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In the decades since, the two ballfields fell into disrepair.
    — Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Both the hospital and the school were in disrepair.
    — Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Many of the buildings on Main Street are in some form of disrepair.
    — New York Times, 18 May 2021
  • Many of the buildings on Main Street are in some form of disrepair.
    — Thomas Fuller, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2021
  • The hand sink is in disrepair and soap and paper towels were not available.
    — Sacbee.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Many of the homes and buildings around the sea have fallen into disrepair.
    — Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
  • By the time Stewart bought the farm, the pool and track had gone into disrepair.
    — Steven Goode, Courant Community, 14 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • The park was abandoned and fell into disrepair.
    — Sam Bloch august 8, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
  • After her death, the church fell into disrepair.
    — Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Many of these facilities are now in a state of disrepair.
    — Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The Navy has fewer than a dozen minesweepers, many in disrepair.
    — T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Since then, the Detroit plant sat vacant and stood in disrepair.
    — Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Unit doors in disrepair and not closing properly and fell off.
    — Staff Reports, Florida Times-Union, 6 Jan. 2026
  • But these days the church is in disrepair and has been closed for two years because the gas bill could not be paid and the heat turned off.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025

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