ramshackle
Example Sentences
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Mr. Kossakovsky’s career began in the early 1990s with “The Belovs,” a kind of “Greyer Gardens” set in rural, ramshackle Russia.
That well-tended estate was the very opposite of ramshackle, with no failing crops to be found, only daffodils in bright yellow bloom and the swelling green buds of tulips, full of promise.
From Literature
In a corner of their ramshackle tent in southern Gaza, Ghaidaa Qudaih and her family keep a baby stroller and three backpacks filled with clothes, diapers, milk and other necessities close at hand.
Skyy said his resolve was rooted in his upbringing and appreciating what he’s been given, his father once showing him and a few siblings his ramshackle childhood residence in Ocala, Fla.
From Los Angeles Times
Performers are robed and instruments are carried on ramshackle wheelbarrows, setting up the transitory mood of the night.
From Los Angeles Times
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