Sentence examples for somewhat run down from inspiring English sources

The neighbouring buildings are somewhat run down but this should not put you off.

Both of these were somewhat, run down, and Rockefeller and his associates have had them spruced up, have imported new managers, and are trying to run them, for a change, at a profit.

The new owners of Chateau Latour-Laguens have invested in the latest wine-making technology, and are renovating the chateau itself, which was somewhat run down before they took over.

But today, the house looks somewhat run-down.

It's true that the cabins are somewhat run-down.

The big concern, mentioned in nervous whispers, is whether Milan's opera lovers will move from La Scala's glittering social arena to a somewhat run-down part of town.

When I craved urban action, I took in some reggae and country-and-western tunes at Whispers, a bar in Soufrière, a quaint (if somewhat run-down) town that time seems to have forgot.

The Real Estate Market Rocky Smith and his development partner, Jim Hill, bought the somewhat run-down Anderson Marina and campgrounds in 2005, thinking it was just about time for the neighborhood to the east of Norris center to grow.

Parts of the main street got new and colorful coats of paint in the lead-up to the opening ceremony, but it remains, according to locals, dangerous and somewhat run-down — the kind of place where pubs have signs that read: "Cash on the premises is protected by an anti-holdup device.

The 21,000-square-foot building will replace two somewhat run-down two-story private houses that have served as the Hallelujah New York Assemblies of God Church and a home for its pastor since he and his wife (the assistant pastor) arrived from South Korea 13 years ago.

He paid about $100,000 for the spacious, shotgun-style house, in what then was a somewhat run-down neighborhood.