Sentence examples for decrepit condition from inspiring English sources

Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, "Notre-Dame of Paris," published in English as "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," informed readers about the building's decrepit condition.

changed the way people talked about public schools," García said, adding that it raised public awareness of the decrepit condition of some classrooms.

But Varanasi, India's oldest and holiest city, is so awash in human waste that its decrepit condition became a national issue in recent elections.

Describes writer's mental agony while he thought he had syphilis, as well as the decrepit condition of his uncle whose CNS was being eaten away by the disease.

She had absorbed enough punishment from Maritime weather to be below Mr. Dalton's standards, but the girls were delighted to have her, even in her decrepit condition.

This was about more than just trains — more than the decrepit condition of the once-mighty state railway service, Mr. Imran said.

All across Mexico, institutions for the mentally ill are known for their decrepit conditions.

For years, FBI officials have raised alarms that the decrepit conditions at Hoover constitute serious security concerns.

As president of the New York local, Ms. Feldman emptied schools of time clocks, successfully sued the district over decrepit conditions and helped pick chancellors -- even mayors.

The tenants charge that they were steered into buildings occupied by illegal immigrants who were too afraid about their legal status to complain about decrepit conditions, according to Michael M. Hethmon, a lawyer for the Reform Law Institute.

Esther Brown was a white woman from Merriam, Kan., who, in 1948, tried to do something about the decrepit conditions at a grade school attended by blacks in the nearby town of South Park, which is where Mrs. Brown's maid lived.