SHAMBLES in a Sentence
Learn SHAMBLES from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
16 example sentences for SHAMBLES, such as:
1. The press conference was a complete shambles.
2. When it cleared again the place was a shambles.
3. The meeting was a shambles from start to finish.
4. The man shambled down the passage in his slippers.
5. After the party, the house was a total/complete shambles.
2. When it cleared again the place was a shambles.
3. The meeting was a shambles from start to finish.
4. The man shambled down the passage in his slippers.
5. After the party, the house was a total/complete shambles.
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Meanings and Examples of SHAMBLES
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shambles
n. wreck; scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin
Classic Sentence:
1 Begone, then; and if thou wilt do mine errand, and if thou return hither when it is done, thou shalt see Saxon flesh cheap as ever was hog's in the shambles of Sheffield.
2 When it cleared again the place was a shambles.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott"
Context Highlight In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott"
3 When about to be sent to the same market, an older sister went to the shambles, to plead with the wretch who owned them, for the love of God, to spare his victims.
4 The animal broke into a shambling trot, his breath panting and labored, and the wagon swayed forward with a jolt that threw them about like popcorn in a popper.
5 If we will keep a shambling, loose, untaught set in the community, for our convenience, why, we must take the consequence.
6 The shambling figure, and the scanty great-coat, were not to be mistaken.
7 He moved with a shambling gait round the group and spoke to Stephen.
8 The exhausted horse did not respond to the whip or reins but shambled on, dragging his feet, stumbling on small rocks and swaying as if ready to fall to his knees.
9 He shambled along with bowed head, his brain in a tumult of agony and despair.
10 The man shambled down the passage in his slippers.
11 The ivory Pequod was turned into what seemed a shamble; every sailor a butcher.
Example Sentence:
1 After the party, the house was a total/complete shambles.
2 The press conference was a complete shambles.
3 The meeting was a shambles from start to finish.
4 With the private sector in shambles, the Federal government is the only one with enough juice left to fix anything.
5 As you might expect of 'master race' zombies, these zombies don't shamble, they run.