shabbily

Example Sentences

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The bodies belonged to shabbily but fully dressed men — except one man, who was missing a shoe.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

He was shocked by the poor state of the people who lived there, dressed shabbily and with heads shaven to combat lice, and demanded action from the institution.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2023

Tom Perrotta’s characters commit routine moral crimes: They betray spouses, treat friends shabbily, send inappropriate text messages, disrespect their parents, scheme to unseat rivals.

From New York Times • May 31, 2022

By age six, barefoot and shabbily clothed, she was working in the fields, subsisting on a single barley cake per day and sleeping with yaks.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2022

They knew how little I could be counted on; how poorly, how shabbily my know-it-all self covered helplessness.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison