How to Use shambles in a Sentence

shambles

noun

• The best player was gone and the Fuel were in shambles.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 4 Sep. 2020
• What’s left of the man when the work’s done but a shambles of apology.
  — Christopher Beha, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
• Britain, home of the Boots chain, is in a bit of a shambles now, thanks to Brexit and Covid Delta.
  — John Dorfman, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
• The complaint and its exhibits state the home was left in shambles.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2022
• The Cowboys’ offense has been in shambles since the loss of Dak Prescott.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 22 Nov. 2020
• Back at the house, Nany’s in shambles because her best friend is gone.
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2021
• This is even more likely to be the case now that the receiving corps is in shambles to start the season.
  — Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2022
• Heavy pounding on the concrete chute left the structure a shambles.
  — Ryan Sabalow and Dale Kasler, sacbee, 7 Feb. 2018
• The franchise was in shambles, its owners despised by the fans.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2020
• With the merger of the remaining survivors and their home in shambles, food is scarce.
  — Richard Rys, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2021
• Whether or not this Starliner launch will end in shambles has yet to be seen.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 18 May 2022
• The city of Uniontown’s sewer system has been a shambles for decades.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 27 May 2021
• The organization is in shambles and Arte Moreno is on his fourth GM in the last 10 years.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2020
• But it was not preordained that the Postal Service would be in shambles.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2020
• Service was a bit of a shambles, but the evening was nonetheless a success.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2021
• Once the piling snapped, the boat began bashing against the docks, smashing the finger dock along its port side to a shambles.
  — Ed Killer, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2017
• One of the most talented rosters the Browns have had in years traveled the Boulevard of Broken Dreams, and the team was in shambles.
  — cleveland, 9 Oct. 2020
• Not all home towns survive the rigors of history, and in Italy many that have are still in shambles.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
• Suffice to say, Grey Sloan is in shambles right now, and its staff isn't doing too well either.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2021
• At least 21 people are dead, hundreds of homes are in shambles and the wreckage of people’s lives is strewn across the landscape.
  — Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2021
• The explosion has left large swaths of Beirut in shambles and wounded at least 5,000 people.
  — Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2020
• The lawyers described Maxwell as the victim of a grim childhood who met Epstein at a time when her life was in shambles.
  — Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 17 June 2022
• With trading stopped on Vought and the company in shambles, Stan Edgar doesn't seem to be worried about the corp's problems.
  — Rosie Knight, refinery29.com, 7 Sep. 2020
• Thieves tried, but failed, to steal an ATM from a Cromwell pharmacy overnight, leaving the store in shambles, police say.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 29 Sep. 2021
• The dot-com bust left the internet economy in a shambles, convincing doubters that the whole thing was a fad.
  — Frank Rose, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2021
• The four-bedroom Queen Anne Victorian farmhouse was in shambles when the city bought it and the lakefront grounds in 1989.
  — Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 30 July 2021
• This smart debut about a celebrity wedding planner whose love life is in shambles stretches the seams of the rom-com genre.
  — Washington Post, 26 May 2022
• Rutgers was in shambles at that point, having already fired coach Chris Ash and en route to a 2-10 season.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2021
• The balance sheet is a shambles, with a repayment of a massive debt load looming next year.
  — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 17 Dec. 2019
• By the end of season 1, relationships were in shambles, and Ginny and Georgia’s easy camaraderie shattered.
  — Starr Savoy, ELLE, 1 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 28 Jul 2024