Sentence examples for defunct with from inspiring English sources

The priesthood became defunct with the destruction of Herod's Temple and the cessation of sacrifices in ad 70.

For starters, Odd Future, the California rap collective he founded, is now more or less defunct, with several of its members, including Earl Sweatshirt, Syd tha Kyd, and Frank Ocean, having embarked on successful solo careers.

A recovery commission led by the Haitian prime minister and former President Bill Clinton was meant to oversee the great rebuilding, but was slow to get started and is now defunct, with not much to show for its 18-month mission.

The Mount Adams School was nearly defunct, with fewer than 80 students remaining.

While acknowledging the possibility that a limited number of professional villains once involved with the groups might be forging clandestine criminal links in other places, they all said the street gangs themselves are defunct, with their names living on as mere media shorthand for any kind of vaguely organised criminal activity.

While acknowledging the possibility that a limited number of professional villains once involved with the groups might be forging clandestine criminal links in other places, they all said the street gangs themselves are defunct, with their names living on as mere media shorthand for any kind of vaguely organized criminal activity.

To show the depths of Corey's deranged state of mind, Mouizis revealed pictures from inside his home: piles of newspaper and garbage stacked six feet high, dog cages filled with feces, a defunct kitchen with rotting food, and tiny walk ways that crisscrossed through largely valueless junk.

To show the depths of Corey's deranged state of mind, Mouizis revealed pictures from inside his home: piles of newspaper and garbage stacked six feet high, dog cages filled with faeces, a defunct kitchen with rotting food, and tiny walk ways that crisscrossed through largely valueless junk.

Clubs in the Blue Square Premier are facing a financial squeeze after negotiations with ESPN over Setanta's defunct contract with the league broke down.

The health-care system is essentially defunct, and, with a quarter of the population infected with AIDS, the funeral business is among the country's last remaining growth industries.

"Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine," at the Met, is a decorous boneyard of defunct merriment, with… Letters from our readers Letters should be sent with the writer's name, address, and daytime phone number, via e-mail, to [email protected].