Sentence examples for faded charm from inspiring English sources

On the Sussex coast, the centre of Hastings is being re-modelled, while hopefully retaining its faded charm.

Though the 1920 building has a faded charm, and a spacious lobby with tile floors, it sometimes shows its age.

Once a popular resort suburb with a palais and funfair, Semaphore has a faded charm that is now apparently attracting a hip crowd.

Portugal's second city may not have quite the same party vibe as Lisbon, but it shares the faded charm and buzzing creative scene.

Like many cities and towns poised between decay and regeneration, Asbury Park bewitches with hints of faded charm as well as a growing array of creature comforts.

These days, its faded charm cries out for restoration: its cathedral, for example, is stained with grime and seems as much a haunted house as a house of worship (at least from the outside).

Joe Gillis Robertt J. Townsend), a hack screenwriter in Los Angeles in 1950, reluctantly succumbs to the faded charms of a wealthy older woman, Norma Desmond Loni Ackermann), a dimmed star desperate to return to cinematic glory.

Both are family businesses.In this section A twelvemonth of tumult A twelvemonth of tumult The writing on the wall City of faded charms A shift in the landscape Where mammon meets God A brief history Diamonds on the trail Strong stuff Prometheus unbound, a bit Toughs at the top The pursuit of happiness They came, saw and settled The business of survival Why didn't I think of that?

Today it retains its faded retro charm – a 19th-century anachronism in the booming 21st-century Brazilian economy.

More than a century on, the railway stretching from Mombasa to Uganda still operates, though less as a functional train service than a curiosity to be enjoyed – or endured – by time-rich locals and tourists looking for faded colonial charm.

Here's Pelecanos on his fading charm: "Now he was an aging stud nearing his expiration date.