How to Use disused in a Sentence

disused

adjective
  • Riffs on gluttony, pride and sloth would have wide windows in a disused space two blocks away.
    — New York Times, 23 June 2021
  • If so, pack yourself a bug-out kit and invest in a disused bomb silo.
    — Jazz Shaw, National Review, 26 June 2021
  • Sadiq had gone to clean a disused well with his elder brother Saliah.
    — The Economist, 31 May 2018
  • There is a party in a disused bunker and a party in the control room of a former power plant.
    — The New Yorker, 7 June 2020
  • Plastic packaging has left the world swimming in disused bottles, bags and wraps.
    — Anna Hirtenstein, Houston Chronicle, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Models walked down a dark gravel runway under the metal roof of the disused steel plant in sturdy boots.
    — Thomas Adamson and Colleen Barry, chicagotribune.com, 24 June 2019
  • Right, visitors toasted the iconic plane in its disused cabin.
    — Scott McCartney, WSJ, 6 June 2018
  • The venue was a disused Anglican church where Lediņš had been hosting a discothèque.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • It had been considered dormant ever since and, when viewed by satellite, appeared disused.
    — New York Times, 23 May 2018
  • The largest refugee camp on Samos is situated on a disused military base perched in the pine forests above Vathy.
    — Nicolas Niarchos, The New Yorker, 13 June 2019
  • With the help of funds from central government, a theatre and gallery complex is being built in a disused factory.
    — The Economist, 10 May 2018
  • It is already known that it will be located on the grounds of a disused former nursery and will include a large pond with a pergola.
    — Valentine Ulgu-Servant, Vanity Fair, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Today, most of the buildings in the Old Town look darkened and disused, remote from the postwar city built up around it.
    — Charly Wilder, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2017
  • An episode on reverb takes him to a disused underground oil tank in Scotland, home of what is probably the longest echo in the world.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 30 July 2021
  • Swap your car for two wheels then bike the Monon Trail, a disused train track that has been lovingly reimagined as a recreational path.
    — Brandon Presser, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Apr. 2022
  • In the original film, the Ghostbusters worked out of a disused firehouse in Manhattan.
    — Mekado Murphy, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2016
  • Kamoto stands on a disused bridge over a stream and watches as the herd moves tentatively out of the enclosure into their new sanctuary.
    — David McKenzie, CNN, 29 June 2017
  • Victoria's body was later found in a disused shed in Brighton inside a shopping bag, the outlet reported.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The Binghamton nabe was once a disused industrial stretch east of Midtown.
    — Bob Mehr, Billboard, 8 May 2017
  • The easy route takes visitors along a disused rail line for a gentle jaunt in one of the Pacific Northwest's loveliest regions.
    — Stacey Lastoe, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2025
  • While one full-scale test model is currently housed in a museum at Baikonur and one was destroyed by a roof collapse, at least one more sits in storage at the disused hangar.
    — Barry Neild and Darya Tarasova, CNN, 28 May 2021
  • More than 80 suspects were arrested in a police raid at a disused mine in Krugersdorp after reports of the rapes and robberies emerged.
    — Mogomotsi Magome, ajc, 10 Aug. 2022
  • And in a closet in his disused private office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington.
    — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The piece is a collection of disused shoemaker boxes, once used by cobblers to keep tools, pressed against each other and stacked up, clambering toward the ceiling.
    — Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Catford Mews, which opened in late 2019, is located in the site of a disused PoundLand.
    — Catherine Erdly, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • The video shows the disused Rosevale Tin Mine in Cornwall, and hand developed in water from the mine.
    — Izzy Colón, SPIN, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The museum will be housed in a disused aquarium in Yeouido, Seoul’s main financial district.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Istria is by hiking or cycling the Parenzana Trail, which follows the winding route of a disused railway line for about 80 miles.
    — Mary Novakovich, CNN, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Inhabitants can’t drink the water in nearby Cobalt Lake, and a shaft in the disused public school was only recently capped.
    — Danielle Bochove, Bloomberg.com, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Most of the testing is being conducted at a disused airfield at Manston Airport, 20 miles from Dover.
    — NBC News, 25 Dec. 2020

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