rickety
Example Sentences
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“And it has to be wood. Avoid rickety metal ones that fall over. Noisy!”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
And it’s a much more rickety machine than it first appeared.
From Salon • Nov. 28, 2025
The Brewers’ bullpen was suddenly as rickety as the Dodgers’, and that was with Sasaki just spectating.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025
After crossing a rickety bridge barely wide enough to hold our car, we are faced with a long drive up unpaved mountain roads with no safety barriers.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2025
It’s located between the only other two buildings in the tiny downtown area of Fairbank—a rickety ice cream shack and Big Ed’s General Store.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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