Sentence examples for rickety structure from inspiring English sources

Rot and termites had destroyed parts of the rickety structure built before the Civil War.

What keeps this rickety structure from collapsing entirely is acting that never goes for laughs.

And every time, the Government sort to shore up its own rickety structure with assurances that beef was completely safe.

The chickens have free run of the muddy yard and a roost inside a rickety structure with an open front.

A year later, it said the homicide law was a "rickety structure set upon shaky foundations", with some of the rules being in place since the 17th century.

She points to Esayas' new refuge – a small bed sheltered by a rickety structure of corrugated iron and plastic sheeting, which she renovated with funds and manpower from the local community.

At issue is whether the rickety structures that govern global trade can accommodate the rise of new and assertive economic powers like Brazil, China and India.

These rickety structures were relatively cheap and did not flood, providing what seemed like a win-win on one cost-benefit scale.

WHENEVER a heavy storm rips through this coastal city, Mary Witkowski, a local historian, immediately has the same worrisome thought: "Are they still standing?" So far, she has been both amazed and relieved to find that the two rickety structures known as the Freeman houses have indeed survived on their adjacent 161-year-old foundations.

Louisiana's rickety fiscal structure went mostly ignored.

We bounced along the waves until we reached a rickety driftwood structure on a sand bar.