shabbier

Example Sentences

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“From A to Z, from animal services to the zoo, the city is shabbier and more dysfunctional than it was three years ago,” said Cole, now a member of the Pasadena City Council.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

The meeting house grows progressively more dilapidated, and the costumes get shabbier, indicating that things aren’t going well for the Puritans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

However, the photo she said she took in person showed a much shabbier house, featuring uneven grass and cluttered with yard equipment where the bench was supposed to be.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025

The son doesn’t approach the father at first, but instead sneaks into his apartment, which turns out to be a shabbier, lonelier, even sadder twin of Gu Wentong’s own place.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2024

The hallway with its eight doors seemed smaller to Lina than it had when she was a student, and shabbier.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau