Sentence examples for in a rough state from inspiring English sources

With the housing market still in a rough state, the mortgage giants will likely appeal for $51 billion in additional federal assistance.What a difference a year makes.

"If Chris Christie got in, I'd be straight behind him, because I think he knows what he's doing and he's doing it in a rough state like New Jersey," Mr. Benuck said, referring to New Jersey's governor, a Republican.

The place was in a rough state: I had to use Coca-Cola to get the grime off the walls and piping.

Both pieces came to me in a rougher state than usual; by the time David sent manuscripts to me, he had generally gone through several rounds of polishing already.

To be fair, it was in a rougher state than we have seen it, and of course Nintendo already had a working motion control technology and another in the works.

"The industry was in a pretty rough state.

Can the ship sustain speed in a rough sea state?

In its rough state it weighed 154 1/2 carats.

It took two years to cut and polish the diamond, which was 132.5 carat in its rough state.

She said a dirt road has traversed the northern portion of the park for many years, and the 54-kilometer portion of it inside the park will remain in its present rough state.

After an abortive foray into politics came to an end in 1798, Andrew Jackson returned to Tennessee, where he was given a judgeship in what was then a rough frontier state.