Sentence examples similar to dilapidate from inspiring English sources

Standing on the dusty Schlossplatz, beside the dilapidating Palast der Republik erected by the Communists, the tourist gazes across the Great Elector's private gardens, the Lustgarten, at a building that looks familiar from old newsreels.

A handwritten sign above the last row of seats of dilapidating Candlestick Park read, "We're back!" The sentiment in the Bay Area in the days before the game was that the resurrection went unnoticed by anyone east of the Sierra Nevada.

We now risk losing essential public services, and treating legitimate opposition as criminal dissent dilapidates the tradition of protest and threatens participation of everyday people in the democratic process.