DERELICT in a Sentence
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Example sentences for DERELICT, such as:
1. The land lay derelict for ten years.
2. The theatre has been left to stand/lie derelict.
3. The derelict theme park where Jurassic World's dinos roam
4. It was evidently the derelict remains of some vast structure, to what end built I could not determine.
5. As a former South Chicago community organizer, the President knows all about schools in derelict areas.
2. The theatre has been left to stand/lie derelict.
3. The derelict theme park where Jurassic World's dinos roam
4. It was evidently the derelict remains of some vast structure, to what end built I could not determine.
5. As a former South Chicago community organizer, the President knows all about schools in derelict areas.
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Meanings and Examples of DERELICT
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derelict
a. left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
Classic Sentence:
1 The men working the searchlight, after scouring the entrance of the harbour without seeing anything, then turned the light on the derelict and kept it there.
2 I shall send, in time for your next issue, further details of the derelict ship which found her way so miraculously into harbour in the storm.
3 It was evidently the derelict remains of some vast structure, to what end built I could not determine.
4 I seated myself in a chair, and rocked to and fro, passing harsh judgment on my many derelictions of duty; from which, it struck me then, all the misfortunes of my employers sprang.
Example Sentence:
1 The land lay derelict for ten years.
2 The theatre has been left to stand/lie derelict.
3 As a former South Chicago community organizer, the President knows all about schools in derelict areas.
4 The derelict theme park where Jurassic World's dinos roam
5 Members of the National Anti-Corruption Committee unanimously decided to indict Yingluck for dereliction of duty over her government's controversial rice subsidy scheme, NACC member Wicha Mahakun told reporters in Bangkok Thursday.