How to use "shabby" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "shabby" in popular movie and book plots

  • He manages to arrive at Dean Witter's office on time, albeit still in his shabby clothes.  - The Pursuit of Happyness
  • However, four days later, on December 3, 1935, his body is found in a shabby rented room in a cheap boarding house in London.  - The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor
  • She invites Henry to her shabby apartment to drink whiskey, and he quickly takes up residence with her.  - Barfly (film)
  • In the first scene, Helen and her teenage daughter; Jo, are moving into a shabby flat.  - A Taste of Honey
  • When Max first arrives at Joe's shabby boarding house room, he demands that he leave Jo Ann alone.  - The Long Night (1947 film)
  • Now penniless Betty and her father move into a small shabby apartment.  - Champagne (1928 film)
  • Roddy ends up alone and delirious in a shabby room in Marseilles.  - Downhill (1927 film)
  • Her financial position is precarious and she lives in a shabby boarding house.  - The Listerdale Mystery
  • To get away from it all, he has moved to a shabby apartment in New York.  - Two for the Seesaw
  • At first the cabin is shabby and in disrepair but Katie suggests they fix it up with the help of a "Woman's Touch".  - Calamity Jane (film)
  • In the final scene Becky enters her shabby one-room apartment.  - Vanity Fair (1932 film)
  • She sees his shabby boots and dismisses him, but he persists.  - Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
  • Then, he ends up living a shabby life in a small flat in Frankfurt.  - Schindler's Ark
  • The film starts with a shabby old man living as a recluse near a famous temple.  - Swati Kiranam
  • She says that, because he is old and shabby and Real, she will take him away with her and "turn [him] into Real" - to everyone.  - The Velveteen Rabbit
  • Just before she leaves, Nan notices a shabby and strange-looking man hitchhiking, but the mechanic doesn't see him when she mentions it.  - The Hitch-Hiker (The Twilight Zone)

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