Usage examples for decrepit
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We visited an institution maintained solely by the village for the old and decrepit of both sexes, and this place would have done credit to a European city. – From Paris to New York by Land by Harry de Windt
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Decrepit families imply decrepit wills, decrepit conduct. – Tess of the d'Urbervilles A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy
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Another woman, who looked old and decrepit, begged and prayed that a bottle might be given her. – In the Tail of the Peacock by Isabel Savory