shabbier

Example Sentences

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A shabbier perspective is integral to any depiction of Jacobs’ work.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

The meeting house grows progressively more dilapidated, and the costumes get shabbier, indicating that things aren’t going well for the Puritans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

He enjoyed a comfortable childhood north of Montana, until the family real estate company faltered in the early ’90s and the Millers eventually relocated to a smaller rental on Santa Monica’s shabbier southern end.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025

She compared it to the current hit “Succession,” though she remarked that on “Succession” they wear shabbier clothes.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2022

We pulled into the yard of one of the shabbier places.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals