ramshackle

Example Sentences

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The film is not about a tugboat operator, nor does it follow the life and times of the ramshackle group working at a service garage.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

I also inherited my beloved — at least by me — ramshackle family home that has not been lived in for more than 20 years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

Deployed at the request of Touadera to strengthen a ramshackle military, Wagner fighters have played a key role in ensuring stability in the strategically-located country.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

Mr. Kossakovsky’s career began in the early 1990s with “The Belovs,” a kind of “Greyer Gardens” set in rural, ramshackle Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

Finn left the door open to the breeze and the dirt and the frantic, inconsolable cat and stomp-limped to the ramshackle blue house across the street.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby