shabbier
Example Sentences
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A shabbier perspective is integral to any depiction of Jacobs’ work.
From Salon • Mar. 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
He enjoyed a comfortable childhood north of Montana, until the family real estate company faltered in the early ’90s and the Millers eventually relocated to a smaller rental on Santa Monica’s shabbier southern end.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025
She compared it to the current hit “Succession,” though she remarked that on “Succession” they wear shabbier clothes.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2022
It looked smaller and shabbier by daylight, but it was the same place, with the zinc-topped bar, the espresso machine, and the half-finished plate of risotto, now beginning to smell bad in the warm air.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
