Sentence examples for shoddy from inspiring English sources

The former foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind went further, saying the papers showed "Labour up to its neck in a shoddy business, one of the most foolish and shameful decisions in recent years".

The carriages rattled with engine vibration and looked shoddy and cheap – evidence that northern England, which invented railway travel, has some of the worst rail infrastructure in Europe, now being put right only slowly and belatedly, despite all the talk of developing a "northern powerhouse".

Because, at the moment, a 10-year-old boy allocated a teaching assistant two days a week by a shoddy headteacher isn't good enough for me.

Ukip MP Douglas Carswell also accused McLoughlin of making excuses and defending shoddy practices.

Aside from signing on with such a shoddy team behind him in the first place and also lashing out so publicly in recent times, the greatest mistake on Malthouse's part is that he so badly misjudged the strength of Carlton's playing list at the end of 2012.

As British people conduct candlelit vigils for prisoners of conscience, as we proudly proclaim a reinvigorated belief in freedom of speech in the face of terrorism and oppression, our own government is betraying every one of us in a shoddy chase for a few filthy quid from the executioners, the torturers and the oppressors.

Nobody minds if the premises – four containers protected from the sun by a large tarpaulin – look a bit shoddy compared with the British ambassador's official residence nearby.