shipshape
Example Sentences
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Two months later, on Nov. 15, 1856, Neptune’s Car, gleaming and shipshape, enters the harbor of San Francisco.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
And the repair bill to get the water-damaged structure shipshape was $1.3 million.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2023
The Sanborn was renovated in 1992 using tax-credit financing that involved outside investors with a financial interest in keeping the building shipshape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
But there is a catch: Taxpayers are paying millions to keep the yachts shipshape.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2023
Finally he said, "Well, I guess this tub is shipshape."
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
