SHAMBLES in a Sentence

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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.

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 Meanings and Examples of SHAMBLES
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
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.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
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"
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.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
5  If we will keep a shambling, loose, untaught set in the community, for our convenience, why, we must take the consequence.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
6  The shambling figure, and the scanty great-coat, were not to be mistaken.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP
7  He moved with a shambling gait round the group and spoke to Stephen.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
9  He shambled along with bowed head, his brain in a tumult of agony and despair.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
10  The man shambled down the passage in his slippers.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
11  The ivory Pequod was turned into what seemed a shamble; every sailor a butcher.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 67. Cutting In.
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.