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

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

  • The professor theorizes it is the work of Freddy, a sex toy salesman who sold overpriced and shoddy merchandise.  - A Wet Dream on Elm Street
  • Santhanam) and Cheenu (Premgi Amaren) are roommates leading an unkempt and debt-ridden life in a shoddy apartmentK.  - Settai
  • Bill and his co-workers become determined to find the culprit behind the shoddy tires.  - Rubber Racketeers
  • At Weasel Island, the children spend time at a shoddy amusement park while Homer, Apu and Lovejoy agonize over their situation.  - Moe Letter Blues
  • Joe offers to buy her dinner at a nice restaurant but, embarrassed by her shoddy work clothes, Maggie declines.  - My Best Girl (1927 film)
  • Later, she tells off Becky for her shoddy jobs, although it could be said she is bullying her.  - Ardessa
  • They improve the hours of the first night constructing a shoddy trap for hunters, and the next day Ron contracts a fever of some sort.  - Hunting Party (novel)
  • America's mother lived in a shoddy house in New York City with America's two older brothers, named Brooklyn and Lyle.  - America (Frank novel)
  • The Guardsmen dig a shoddy mass grave and Inman pulls himself out, helped in part by some passing wild pigs.  - Cold Mountain (novel)
  • Danny becomes a corrupt contractor who builds a church with shoddy concrete, pocketing the money saved and becoming very rich.  - The Ten Commandments (1923 film)
  • Overjoyed, Ned inspects the house, but becomes increasingly dismayed as he discovers its extremely shoddy construction.  - Hurricane Neddy
  • He flees and resorts to performing as a mentalist at increasingly shoddy venues, barely evading the men Grindle continually sends after him.  - Nightmare Alley
  • Cobb explains that Lanley embezzled construction funds through shoddy workmanship and materials, and that the entire project was a scam.  - Marge vs. the Monorail
  • The next day, Fagin and his dogs, now including Oliver, hit the streets to sell some shoddy goods and perhaps steal money.  - Oliver & Company

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