shabbily

Example Sentences

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“We want to express how sorry we are that these principled, fair and honest journalists were treated so shabbily, with such indecency,” they wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

He was shocked by the poor state of the people who lived there, dressed shabbily and with heads shaven to combat lice, and demanded action from the institution.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2023

This did not deter Alito from repeatedly returning to his view of how shabbily Asian Americans had been treated by the university.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2022

“These individuals,” he added, “appear to have been treated shabbily by the Navy, and the court brushes all that aside.”

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2022

Then her eyes traveled up Count Olaf’s lean, shabbily dressed body, and she saw that he was pointing up with one scrawny hand.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket