shabbiness

Example Sentences

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He did a poorly received grunge collection that incoherently tried to marry haute couture with thrift-store shabbiness, and was fired for it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The beauties are the glamor routes, the passenger trains that, whatever shabbiness may have befallen their interiors, more than make up for it with the grandeur of what lies outside their windows.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2023

There were plenty of interesting design twists: One jean jacket in Japanese denim had a regal stiffness, which nicely contrasting with the shabbiness of one of its breast pockets being missing.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2022

But all credit to Hare for giving us his shabbiness as well as his triumphs.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2015

Their children might don Muggle clothing during the holidays, but Mr. and Mrs. Weasley usually wore long robes in varying states of shabbiness.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling