shabby

Example Sentences

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Carey, meanwhile, has generated 692 million streams — not too shabby, of course, but still not measuring up to the Canadian crooner.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025

"I guess it's not too shabby of a building then," jokes Tomori.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

Series creator Sterlin Harjo superbly utilizes Ethan Hawke’s magnetism as Lee Raybon, a shabby, perpetually bruised citizen journalist sniffing around conspiracies the rest of the world would rather ignore.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2025

The January ceremony brought in 9.3 million viewers — not Sunday Night Football numbers, but not shabby in this fragmented media landscape.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

You could make as many guesses as you wanted, but each one cost ten silver, paid into the purse, which was a shabby affair of old green brocade held closed with a gaudy brooch.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor