Roofless, windows smashed, doors torn off their hinges, the flimsy buildings cowered under the wind and weather.

I looked up from the street and she waved at me from the strange, flimsy building.

Several experts blamed unscrupulous contractors and ineffective inspectors for having contributed to the scope of the catastrophe by allowing the construction of flimsy buildings.

Wayne was David Koresh's legal advisor, but took his turn in helping construct the flimsy wooden building.

Duncan dropped to his knees with a rumble that shook the flimsy building and wrapped his arms around himself.

Long before the disaster, a 1998 government report pointed to an increasing number of flimsy buildings vulnerable to such an earthquake.

The quake was not much more severe than yesterday's, being rated at magnitude 6.3, but the water-logged terrain shook severely and flimsy buildings collapsed.

Many flimsy buildings were destroyed in the neighborhoods.

Thousands of trees were flattened, roofs - and flimsier buildings - were swept away.

Thus, the flimsy wooden building the governor's wife had criticized in her diary as "damp" and "miserable" was reincarnated as a more impressive stone structure.