shabbily

Example Sentences

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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

The authors are, crucially, also more open-minded about Paul’s then-wife, Linda, who was often treated shabbily, or at least superficially, by the press and Beatles fans.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2022

By age six, barefoot and shabbily clothed, she was working in the fields, subsisting on a single barley cake per day and sleeping with yaks.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 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

They knew how little I could be counted on; how poorly, how shabbily my know-it-all self covered helplessness.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison