The dilapidation was a pleasing reminiscence of old times, and George was pleased enough to earn a quarter by patching it up. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)] Reference
The Mission, aimed at pulling India's 63 cities out of their dilapidation, which is somewhat reminiscent of Dickensian London, is conditional upon a bunch of mandatory reforms. From Wordnik.com. [Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'] Reference
Besides which, they are always kept clean and in good order; you will never find those unsightly barns, and still less the dilapidation which is often met with in the mother land. From Wordnik.com. [Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada] Reference
No doubt the ancient city did not exhibit that air of mouldering dilapidation which is now so prominent there. From Wordnik.com. [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference
'dilapidation' and a huge unintegrated pool of Muslim immigrants. From Wordnik.com. [Peaktalk v2] Reference
Every thing about it wears an air of dilapidation. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time] Reference
Yet all this was apart from any extraordinary dilapidation. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from Poe] Reference
MAHER: Partly it's the dilapidation of the educational process. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 23, 2004] Reference
As soon as I became acquainted with the dilapidation of the monastery. From Wordnik.com. [Roumania Past and Present] Reference
The remainder of the inscription, by dilapidation and time, was defaced. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 380, July 11, 1829] Reference
Revolution -- the misery and dilapidation that succeeded its former prosperity. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880] Reference
Blocks and buildings range from a modern, glossy metropolitan skyline to dilapidation. From Wordnik.com. [Sean Penn: Mountain of Snakes] Reference
Something about it made her think of the general dilapidation of the Forgotten Village. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Robin] Reference
I asked, as the car rolled to a stop, the only bright new thing in the general dilapidation. From Wordnik.com. [Longshot]
The whole establishment, including its master, has emerged out of a state of foggy dilapidation. From Wordnik.com. [Nearly Lost but Dearly Won] Reference
Till within a year or two of its fall, there were no signs of dilapidation in that stately edifice. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867] Reference
Right before us, at the southern end, we saw the wreck of a ship in the last stages of dilapidation. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
The building bears every internal mark of neglect and dilapidation, defaced walls, broken plaster, &c. From Wordnik.com. [Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada] Reference
It was in a state of extreme dilapidation, though a sort of wing appeared to have been recently tenanted. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 338, November 1, 1828] Reference
In their quaint appearance and general air of dilapidation, they stood as relics of the civilization of another age. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
Enid had escaped the prevailing dilapidation, but her gown of grey homespun was severe as the garb of a charity girl. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Blind] Reference
A marble statue, which was erected to his memory in the crypt of the chapel, is now in the last state of dilapidation. From Wordnik.com. [Sketch of Handel and Beethoven Two Lectures, Delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Wimbledon Village Club, on Monday Evening, Dec. 14, 1863; and Monday Evening, Jan. 11, 1864] Reference
Called the Oriental Hotel when it opened in 1863, it had faded to severe dilapidation when Amanresorts took over in 1995. From Wordnik.com. [Rooms With a Past] Reference
Indeed, all these appendages of slavery have gone into entire disuse, and Time is doing his work of dilapidation upon them. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
Less than two centuries sufficed to bring about all this dilapidation: less than three months sufficed to complete the ruin. From Wordnik.com. [Mosaics of Grecian History] Reference
To own the truth, I could scarcely forbear regretting, as I surveyed them, the gloomy dilapidation of the venerable mansion. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
One end of the roof had fallen in, pretty much all the windows were gone, and there was a general air of dilapidation about the place. From Wordnik.com. [The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights] Reference
There was nothing left to him now but the old house, and that was in such a state of dilapidation as to be really unfit for habitation. From Wordnik.com. [The Alchemist's Secret] Reference
The three letters meant "gone to Texas"; and for any man to go to Texas in those days meant his moral, mental, and financial dilapidation. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference
That followed nearly 50 years of communist rule that emphasized quantity, not quality, and resulted in the dilapidation of many vineyards. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond Sweet] Reference
Which effect of use does use-inheritance transmit in such cases -- the increased rate of growth, or the dilapidation of the worn-out parts?. From Wordnik.com. [Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin] Reference
He will recognise that one cannot deal with complicated properties of this sort without a certain amount of inevitable dilapidation and loss. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 17, 1920] Reference
The Cathedral is not particularly rich in monuments; for it suffered grievous outrage and dilapidation, both at the Reformation and in Cromwell's time. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862] Reference
Match the dilapidation and the dirt, the narrow quarters and the large family, and you have the cabin home in the Georgia swamps and the lowlands of Louisiana. From Wordnik.com. [The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 12, December, 1888] Reference
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