shipshape

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.

Two months later, on Nov. 15, 1856, Neptune’s Car, gleaming and shipshape, enters the harbor of San Francisco.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

And the repair bill to get the water-damaged structure shipshape was $1.3 million.

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2023

The Sanborn was renovated in 1992 using tax-credit financing that involved outside investors with a financial interest in keeping the building shipshape.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2023

But there is a catch: Taxpayers are paying millions to keep the yachts shipshape.

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2023

Kabuo recognized Carl’s neat hand in things, his way of establishing a rigid order, the force that had driven him, years before, to keep his tackle box shipshape.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson