Sentence examples for shabby appearance from inspiring English sources

Residents of luxury apartments across the bay complain about Irifune's shabby appearance.

Few probably knew that, despite its shabby appearance, it was one of the city's forgotten treasures -- the Old St .James Episcopal Church, which predates the American Revolution and is the oldest remaining structure in Elmhurst.

"We can cosmetically fix it, but eventually the cracks and the weathering are going to get so bad you won't be able to do that without it having a shabby appearance.

NASIRIYA, Iraq — This city along the Euphrates River, whose shabby appearance belies residents' pride in it, has become the forefront of what may be the pivotal struggle in Iraq's election for Parliament: which of the country's myriad Shiite parties will claim leadership of its empowered majority.

A local man, Joseph Lawende, had passed through the square with two friends shortly before the murder, and he described seeing a fair-haired man of shabby appearance with a woman who may have been Eddowes.

They will relocate to Miller Place, Long Island Description of W. 49 St. which is becoming shabby in appearance despite several elegant old brownstones.

Open daily 1pm-6pm Modest and slightly shabby in appearance, the defining characteristic in here is the tang of whisky in the air.

Yet there he was loitering around Times Square not only shabby in appearance but with that look in his eyes View Article By Rebecca Mead By Alan Burdick By Anthony Lane By George Packer.

At the inquest, one witness described seeing Chapman at about with a dark-haired man of "shabby-genteel" appearance.

Mrs Long described him as over forty, a little taller than Chapman, of dark complexion, and of foreign, "shabby-genteel" appearance.

I responded to his courtesy and charm and obvious intelligence, while being a little repelled by his appearance: the shabby suit, the shuffling, awkward manner.