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Example sentences for: shabby

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The Washington Post 's Tom Shales says the show, about an unglamorous firm whose lawyers take on lowlifes as clients and work in shabby offices, skillfully interweaves several plots into a single episode.
Over twenty years of wear have left furniture and other decor in a shabby state inconsistent with an impressive law school.
Not one of the world’s prettiest cities, its preponderance for concrete can give it a drab and shabby look even on the brightest of days.
The reason for the error was the Post 's shabby sourcing.
The story's hard-luck cases include: people with a $50,000 car and Armani suits but shabby furniture, a woman who was able to drive home her 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee the day she saw it, but twice has had to wait twelve weeks for furniture ordered at Pottery Barn, and a management consultant who despite having hired a decorator and ordering $70,000 worth of furniture including a hand-carved entertainment center, has still only received one of the pieces.