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How do you use Ramshackle in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like bedraggled or derelict, plus the exact meaning.

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Ramshackle in a sentence

Ramshackle meaning

  1. In disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles.
  2. Badly or carelessly organized.

Synonyms of Ramshackle

Using Ramshackle

  • The main meaning on this page is: In disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles. | Badly or carelessly organized.
  • Useful related words include: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated.
  • In the example corpus, ramshackle often appears in combinations such as: the ramshackle, and ramshackle, his ramshackle.

Context around Ramshackle

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Ramshackle

  • In this selection, "ramshackle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, now, absurdly, home, boatshed and charms stand out and add context to how "ramshackle" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a now ramshackle open pavilion and at his ramshackle shop suresh. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ramshackle" sits close to words such as aachen, abbots and abduct, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ramshackle

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

It’s an old-timey experience, with its ramshackle wooden structures and creepy underground shafts. (15 words)

Inside, watchtowers offer a commanding view of the city below — ramshackle lanes and central squares. (15 words)

This work of ramshackle earnestness and generosity lit a path through a very dark summer. (15 words)

Where once your typical chicken coop was a ramshackle affair knocked together from a few planks of wood and some wire, the growing flock of modern-day poultry keepers - included - demand something a little more in keeping with the times. (40 words)

A Reputation Problem: Having a team in the Premier League, the world’s richest sports competition, might alter how people think of Luton, an English town long dogged by a ramshackle image and links to extremism. (36 words)

To them, this person was a fool, because he was not given to the ramshackle nature of the modern world, where sincerity is attributed as foolishness, but waywardness has all that can be described as smartness. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

A neighbourhood stoush over access to a ramshackle boatshed once enjoyed by media identity Eddie McGuire will now be decided by a judge.

Any of the ramshackle charms of his earliest roles have been ironed out to better fit an action hero mold.

At Naudhiya village, serving tea at his ramshackle shop, Suresh Kol, a father of four, recounts how he took a loan of Rs 90,000 to set up the structure.

Get off at the crack of dawn and queue up to get a ramshackle yellow and black Ambassador cab to your destination.

Greer won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for his novel “,” about a less-than-successful gay writer approaching 50 who distracts himself from heartbreak by embarking on a ramshackle, comedic literary tour around the globe.

It’s an old-timey experience, with its ramshackle wooden structures and creepy underground shafts.

A Reputation Problem: Having a team in the Premier League, the world’s richest sports competition, might alter how people think of Luton, an English town long dogged by a ramshackle image and links to extremism.

Inside, watchtowers offer a commanding view of the city below — ramshackle lanes and central squares.

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Marie was known around her posh country suburb of Newtown, Geelong as a 'clean freak' who cared about how her ramshackle home looked.

The first thing on their to-do list was to fix the ramshackle building to ensure the community knew they were up and running for business.

Their first business customer was Snake and Jake’s Christmas Club Lounge, a ramshackle, light-festooned dive bar close to the Tulane campus.

The rusty chandeliers are a mission statement: this is a café that combines the old with the new, the trendy with the old-fashioned, the extravagant with the ramshackle.

After making the harrowing journey and spending time in a UK detention center, they’re given a ramshackle home in a small English town.

Malcolm Nyst, owner of the 1880s gothic hotel, had applied to the state government to demolish a concrete World War II air-raid shelter and a now-ramshackle open pavilion area.

Ramshackle Industries, which owns four restaurants and bars in Stratford, Ont., first introduced the policy when restaurants reopened in June, slowly dialing it back as the pandemic waned this summer.

These include tightening Australia's absurdly ramshackle political donations laws, introducing security screening for new MPs and senators, and developing a national resilience agenda.

This work of ramshackle earnestness and generosity lit a path through a very dark summer.

To them, this person was a fool, because he was not given to the ramshackle nature of the modern world, where sincerity is attributed as foolishness, but waywardness has all that can be described as smartness.

When he was still a boy, Mr. Fortune’s family relocated to a large and ramshackle house in Cheshire, England, within earshot of the lion’s roar at the Chester Zoo.

Where once your typical chicken coop was a ramshackle affair knocked together from a few planks of wood and some wire, the growing flock of modern-day poultry keepers - included - demand something a little more in keeping with the times.

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Common combinations with ramshackle

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ramshackle" in a sentence?
An example: "A neighbourhood stoush over access to a ramshackle boatshed once enjoyed by media identity Eddie McGuire will now be decided by a judge." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "ramshackle" from authentic English texts.
What does "ramshackle" mean?
Ramshackle means: In disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles.
What are synonyms of "ramshackle"?
Common synonyms of "ramshackle" include: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, tatterdemalion, tumble-down, damaged.
How many example sentences with "ramshackle" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "ramshackle", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.