in bad shape
Example Sentences
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When the chairs reach him and his father Anand, they are usually in bad shape with torn cushions and missing legs.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
Venezuela has very sour oil, and its pipelines are in bad shape, so Flexsteel could be laid there.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
Not many are around, and the ones that are tend to be in bad shape.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
I'll be honest with you: We're in bad shape.
From Salon • May 17, 2025
“We were in bad shape, struggling to get across.the country to find that stupid lightning bolt, trapped in a truck with a bunch of mistreated animals. How can you be nostalgic for that?”
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
