in bad shape

Example Sentences

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Even tourism, which the regime has tried to hype since the 1990s, is in bad shape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

When the chairs reach him and his father Anand, they are usually in bad shape with torn cushions and missing legs.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Venezuela has very sour oil, and its pipelines are in bad shape, so Flexsteel could be laid there.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

I'll be honest with you: We're in bad shape.

From Salon • May 17, 2025

“It’s not safe. The floors are in bad shape, and the cellar’s full of snakes. Copperheads, someone told me.”

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn