Sentence examples for were second-rate from inspiring English sources

They were second-rate strings from Turkey and China.

"I was afraid we'd be stranded, surrounded by things that were second-rate," she said.

I would say that is because the plays were second-rate drama".

(If YC invested only in its favorites, V.C.s would infer that the others were second-rate).

And most scripts, as far as I could tell, were second-rate literature and only seemed to make sense on paper.

They were second-rate against, and mercilessly slaughtered by, Ireland on Saturday but this match should be seen as an outlier rather than a reflection on this team.

I am second-rate.

The music is second-rate.

It is second-rate sensation-mongering.

Anything in between, you're second-rate".

"If it is second-rate?