Sentence examples for in desperate shape from inspiring English sources

The New York-based Domino, a unit of Tate & Lyle of Britain and a leading supplier of pure cane sugar to grocery chains, is also "in desperate shape," said Margaret Blamberg, a spokeswoman.

IN 1992 two Chinese cities, one just south of Beijing, the other just north of Hong Kong, were in desperate shape even by the standards of a desperately poor country.

They're in desperate shape.

Others, like Somalis, are in desperate shape.

The city's finances are in desperate shape.

A number of them are in desperate shape.

So I got in touch with the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy and found the cow in most desperate shape of all, 'critically endangered.' " The herd, descendants of cattle shipped from Europe in the 17th century, had been raised on the Randall farm in Sunderland, Vt., since 1912 and never crossbred.

Not since Watergate, Gingrich said, has the Republican Party been in such desperate shape.

The buildings in most desperate shape need major renovations, like the replacement of roofs, facades, plumbing and heating systems, but have equipment nearing or beyond the end of its useful life.

If your political priorities are the total defeat of a single politician – not the advancement of your own policies through debate or legislation – then you are already in pretty desperate shape.

She talks about how she's one of the few analysts with the guts to point out how cities and states are in such desperate shape.