shabby

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“One cannot just rush from one’s home looking shabby, rumpled, and unkempt,” Handsome would likely say to Duane.

From Literature

In a meticulously crafted stop-motion world of gritty dockside poverty, a starving waif discovers the neglected girl in a shabby home weeps not teardrops but pearls.

From Los Angeles Times

Believe me, it was hard to imagine anything fancy in their shabby cottage.

From Literature

The fish-out-of-water comedy show followed the wealthy Rose family as they abruptly lose their money and mansion, and are forced to move into a shabby motel in a deadbeat town they bought as a joke.

From BBC

Everything is old and a little shabby, and the air is as damp and salty in here as it is outside.

From Literature