- present tense form of shamble (3rd person singular).
shambles
Example Sentences
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In reality, the organisation was a shambles, a member of the Benin delegation told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
His Bedouin ancestors earned great wealth pearl diving—until foreign farmed pearls tanked the market and left the local economy in shambles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Power outages have been a feature of life for years in Cuba, where the electricity generation system, composed mainly of dilapidated Soviet-era plants, is in shambles.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Videos show horrifying, but now predictable, images of entire blocks flattened and basic infrastructure in shambles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Then the mad dash home, with tears biting my cheeks, my skin crawling, my stomach in shambles, heading straight for Mom.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
Vocabulary lists containing shambles
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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"A Modest Proposal," Vocabulary from the satire
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