Sentence examples for derelict from from inspiring English sources

He quietly bought the sliver of land, then derelict, from an individual property owner after the city of Hoboken had acquired the rest of the property known as 1600 Park Avenue, parcel by parcel, under pressure from civic groups to increase public open space.

His building appears derelict from the outside, with the ground-floor windows boarded up, but inside it teems with families packed into tiny units.

The 2nd Bombardment Group redeemed itself by completely destroying the derelict from the air, even though their only visible target was a ten foot square float marker.

It lay derelict from shortly after Mowbray's banishment until the late 16th century (circa 1580), when it was rebuilt by Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley in the style of a mansion.

Plans for a long‐needed face lifting that would eventually remove ugly derelicts from the waters of the New York‐New Jersey harbor and repair or re move dilapidated shore struc tures will be discussed here tomorrow.

As kids here in the 1970s, they lived in the middle-class St Leonards neighbourhood – their father was an art teacher – and remember being terrified of the boys and "derelicts" from the old town around today's gentrified historic fishing beach.

A tour of inspection revealed a yard full of derelict wood from old beams, boats and barrels.

The US were far better after the break, though, and grabbed the winner after 63 minutes thanks to some derelict defending from the French.

One of the proposed measures to limit the number of near-Earth orbiting fragments to a sustainable level is to actively remove large derelict objects from crowded orbital regions.

Talk story about Daniel Biederman and the redesign of Herald Square and Greely Square... Biederman is the head of the Bryant Park Restoration Corporation, the private business group that leased the once derelict park from the city, reconstructed it, and continues to run it.

Four-night surf packages, including lessons, from €165, surfholidays.com This is an entire village of traditional whitewashed cottages that have been restored as holiday houses – the owners saved the derelict houses from ruin and opened the accommodation in 2008.