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

Margaret Atwood, here, is a “beady-eyed Canadian prima donna” who treated Lawson shabbily during an interview.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 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

Next was the southeast corner, where shabbily built wooden fences held in several cows, goats, sheep, and pigs.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner