The four rushed into what appeared to be an ordinary, somewhat run-down hotel room, slammed the door behind them, and locked it.

Imagine, if you will, a somewhat run-down, not very much used vacation hacienda.

It was in a somewhat run-down section of Calgary.

The big concern, mentioned in nervous whispers, is whether Milan's opera lovers will move from La Scala's glittering social arena to a somewhat run-down part of town.

It's true that the cabins are somewhat run-down.

Always before they had seemed to be quiet streets of somewhat run-down houses only in need of a nail here, a board there, some paint and a general squaring away.

A small cluster of buildings, somewhat run-down in appearance, gleaming in the sunlight that emerged from behind the swift-scattering remains of the storm.

The Nijo mansion had been neglected and was somewhat run-down, and compared to the Rokujo mansion it seemed very cramped and narrow.

The aging, and somewhat run-down, colliery-owned housing stock of the village was demolished in 1971 to allow for opencast operations.

There he located the Yancey farm, with a somewhat run-down house standing in front of a barn that had obviously been mended and refurbished.