Sentence examples for the derelict from inspiring English sources

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the derelict

adjective

Abandoned, forsaken; given up by the natural owner or guardian; (of a ship) abandoned at sea, dilapidated, neglected; (of a spacecraft) abandoned in outer space.

  • There was a derelict ship on the island.

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Green paint peels from a blackboard in the derelict schoolhouse.

Now a movement is afoot to revitalize the derelict sites.

The derelict town hall says it all, really.

Cross the weed-strewn lines by the derelict railway station and there it is.

New industrial and commercial uses for the derelict terminal docks have been developed.

I paid $25 for the derelict; my father dragged it home.

A Tampa police car pulled up outside the derelict house, and a cop got out.

REPORTER AT LARGE about a walk along the towpath of the derelict Chesapeak & Ohio Canal.

The only hitch was that it would require transforming the derelict core of a major city.

"It's trying to create a visual commons out of the derelict walls of the city".

Some residents blame the derelict condition of the lot for the presence of the trash.

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