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

An objective perspective would say that one need not look far to find people being treated shabbily for being different — but that what happened here was more likely a mistake than an insult.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023

This did not deter Alito from repeatedly returning to his view of how shabbily Asian Americans had been treated by the university.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2022

But no matter how shabbily he is treated, Goriot goes on, living out the obsession of his life.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers