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.

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 Meanings and Examples of DERELICT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
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.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
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.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
3  It was evidently the derelict remains of some vast structure, to what end built I could not determine.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In IV
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.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
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.