shabby
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Envious of the stylish customers at a local Dairy Queen, he lamented his chain’s shabby student clientele.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Not too shabby for a series that premiered to mixed reviews and was canceled after just three seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
There is this idea that through market-controlling systems like the draft and the salary cap, any team, no matter how minor or shabby, may stumble into a transcendent talent and anoint a dynasty.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Dressed in a shabby old coat and chic beret—“a look halfway between woman of mystery and lobster fisher”—Nora aims to thwart a dangerous psychopath while protecting the policeman with whom she’s increasingly smitten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
He stood there beside the gaunt rabbit of a mule, the two of them shabby and motionless and unimpatient.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
“From A to Z, from animal services to the zoo, the city is shabbier and more dysfunctional than it was three years ago,” said Cole, now a member of the Pasadena City Council.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
A shabbier perspective is integral to any depiction of Jacobs’ work.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026
The meeting house grows progressively more dilapidated, and the costumes get shabbier, indicating that things aren’t going well for the Puritans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
However, the photo she said she took in person showed a much shabbier house, featuring uneven grass and cluttered with yard equipment where the bench was supposed to be.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025
We pulled into the yard of one of the shabbier places.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
But it is a copout of the shabbiest sort to exploit this anxiety as a way of averting our gaze from the undiminished threat of North Korea.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2017
We’re the ones who highlight the shabbiest research.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2016
The pattern veered to the extreme Saturday afternoon, when the Nationals followed their self-described biggest win of the season with one of their shabbiest losses.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2013
Not the shabbiest of lists, we're sure you'll agree.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2013
Though the Nolans lived in the shabbiest house in Irish Town, the boys were the dressiest in the neighborhood.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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