Sentence examples for run-down state from inspiring English sources

But even in its run-down state, Pacific Ocean Park remained a central part of Dogtown culture.

The pair inherited the 17th-century mansion near Selby more than 20 years ago, when it was in a run-down state.

The run-down state of Iraq's oil industry, power stations and water and sewage pumps means that the oil-for-food arrangement agreed in 1996 has been of minor benefit a "Band-Aid approach", says its former administrator, Denis Halliday.

By virtue of its centrality and run-down state, this area gives Brooklyn a challenge and an opportunity that compares not with Manhattan but more directly with the West End in Dallas, downtown Columbus, Ohio, or Skid Row in Los Angeles.

Bemoaning the run-down state of most smokeshops at the time, the pair came up with the idea of a new, discount tobacco outlet.

The pressures and hardships of the previous months were beginning to tell on the men, many of whom were in a run-down state both mentally and physically.

A Newark man has been charged with three counts of attempted murder for trying to run down state troopers with his vehicle, the authorities said.

A coyote that was spotted running down State Street early Monday may be in the Loop on assignment: to help keep the city's rodent population at bay.

It was here, on a run-down stretch of State Road 7, that the multibillion-dollar Indian gambling industry had its humble beginnings.

Lieutenant Lois said many scavengers, like Mr. Bosque, speak little or no English, drive into Manhattan in run-down vans from out of state and are usually struggling to make ends meet.

But there is one on a small crossroads in Amethi, a dusty run-down town in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.