Sentence examples for for the dilapidated from inspiring English sources

Larry Coles is a security guard for the dilapidated Marie Reed Recreation Centre.

He felt pedestrian and old-fashioned, homesick for the dilapidated terrace house in Knightsbridge where it had all begun.

As minister for water and power between March 2008 and February 2011, Mr. Ashraf was blamed for the dilapidated and underfinanced state of the electricity grid.

Building a replacement for the dilapidated detention facility at Bagram air base, the largest US detention facility in Afghanistan, is a good start.

At least she's taking one for the dilapidated "Power Rangers" team.

Back in 2010, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration committed to a redevelopment plan for the dilapidated houses along Admiral's Row at the Navy Yard.

An Army spokesman, Paul Boyce, said that "didn't help" efforts over the last year to improve conditions for patients in Building 18, the dilapidated 50-room former hotel across the street from Walter Reed where outpatients are housed.

In fact, the 44-year-old Glaswegian was the bookies' favourite, if not perhaps the popular choice: painter George Shaw, who was shortlisted for his landscapes of the dilapidated suburbia of Coventry in which he grew up, had perhaps the most dedicated public following.

He urged the colonial government in Madagascar to provide funds for the upkeep of the dilapidated tomb, emphasizing that such neglect was unworthy of the queen's memory and the government of France alike.

Mr. Mercado-Valdes said he offered a final bid of $1.5 million, which included $500,000 for renovations to the dilapidated theater, on July 23, which he said was the deadline.

For years, the dilapidated office had symbolized how long Burma's democrats toiled in vain; that night, it struck me as a symbol, as well, of how unprepared they were for the sudden arrival of success.