Sentence examples for shabby from from inspiring English sources

That long hop aside, it's not too shabby from Stokes.

In fact, so many hotels are housed in near identical high-rise buildings that it can be hard to separate the shabby from the stylish at a glance.

Perhaps the Prime Minister or an adviser saw an estate looking shabby from the train into London's Paddington station, or maybe in the run-up to last year's general election they visited one briefly to canvass votes.

With several of the Bellange pieces in hand, Ms. Hockersmith went about redoing the Blue Room, which had last been refurbished in 1972 and was quite shabby from the onslaught of 1.5 million sightseers a year.

I know I love my Xbox 360 HD DVD player, though, Blu-ray ain't too shabby from what I've seen.

Not that BA is shabby, for from it, but the lighting, colors, fabrics and other design elements are just a bit more pleasing on AA.

Seven goals in 15 appearances this season is far from shabby for a dynamic central midfielder who has added guile and mobility to his game under the guidance of Aitor Karanka.

One woman stared out at a shabby alley from a first-floor window: "Not me do rubbish," she said in halting English, and then disappeared inside.

The new house is bleak and shabby, and from one side of it you can see a high-wired compound inhabited by sad-looking people in striped pyjamas.

As many bohemian women had to be in those days, Billie and Carolyn are tough, long-suffering handmaidens who protest their shabby treatment from men but put up with it.

Or maybe it was just residual anger after receiving some shabby treatment from a colleague, a sales person and a job applicant — all of which led me to write a few honest e-mails to these malefactors.