Sentence examples for derelict for from inspiring English sources

It stood derelict for years.

Struck by a car and damaged, it sat derelict for many years before being restored.

It was finally demolished in 1958 after lying derelict for years.

But it was never a success and had stood derelict for the past 15 years.

The main part of the house had been rebuilt from the foundations, having been derelict for 18 years before that.

Mel and Martin bought the Haughmond, a former coaching inn that had been derelict for years, in 2012.

Their purchase of the old synagogue in 2001 was a turning point, uniting worshipers as they slowly renovated the place, which had sat empty and derelict for years.

Mr. Lane opened the museum in a Sunbeam bakery building, built in 1951, which stood derelict for about a decade before he moved his collection there in 2003.

Although the Sikorskis tried to patch the roof and preserve the crumbling Hawkins house, the task proved too daunting, and it sat derelict for a half-century.

Catch a film at the Odyssey, an Art Deco gem of a cinema which recently reopened after lying derelict for 19 years (odysseypictures.co.uk).

The famous Meat Market is still functioning and is safe for the time being, but the collection of buildings to the west have lain derelict for some time.