Get to know Shambles better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like disorderliness or disorder.
Shambles meaning
- A scene of great disorder or ruin.
- A great mess or clutter.
- A scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation.
Synonyms of Shambles
Using Shambles
- The main meaning on this page is: A scene of great disorder or ruin. | A great mess or clutter. | A scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation.
- Useful related words include: disorderliness, disorder, abattoir, butchery.
- In the example corpus, shambles often appears in combinations such as: in shambles, the shambles, shambles and.
Context around Shambles
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 1 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shambles
- In this selection, "shambles" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, absolute, utter and fest stand out and add context to how "shambles" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include absolute shambles from you and an absolute shambles as he. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shambles" sits close to words such as acadian, aero and arroyo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shambles
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Absolute shambles from you! (4 words)
All state-owned enterprises and most municipalities are in a shambles. (11 words)
This whole weekend has been a cringe fest shambles of epic proportions! (12 words)
That sort of energy and attitude is what Smith is striving for, but the reality, as proven by the shambles against Huddersfield last week, is that there is a long way to go before that sort of culture is instilled. (40 words)
For the Festival Food of Drink, both The Shambles and Stroud Farmers Market are two places this weekend (Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20) to find good food and drink that are the norm for the town. (38 words)
The fine line has him trying to tout positive jobs numbers at the state level as the general thrust from Republicans is that the economy is in a shambles, which of course cannot possibly be mutually exclusive. (37 words)
Nicki shared the GIF of Kerry during her Atomic Kitten days, alongside the caption, ‘Timeline in shambles? (17 words)
Absolute shambles from you! (4 words)
This whole weekend has been a cringe fest shambles of epic proportions! (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
Absolute shambles from you!
All evidence indicates that morale in the RAF is high and the UAF are in shambles as a result of the very costly counter-offensive.
All state-owned enterprises and most municipalities are in a shambles.
Death tolls often rise when information comes in from more remote parts of a country where decades of war have left infrastructure in shambles, and relief and rescue operations difficult to organize.
For the Festival Food of Drink, both The Shambles and Stroud Farmers Market are two places this weekend (Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20) to find good food and drink that are the norm for the town.
He said: “Clearly he's taken over a complete bed of nails, both in the government in terms of the shambles of some policy areas, as well as in the party.
He was a major supporter of then President Donald Trump’s 2018 decision to withdraw from the deal, which left it in shambles.
I do remember that they have been in shambles a few years ago.
Kris Boyd has branded VAR in Scotland as an "absolute shambles" as he slaughtered the technology over "inconsistencies".
Little Bento Box is a vegan sushi restaurant, based in The Gallery on the Shambles, and will be closed for the coming month.
Nicki shared the GIF of Kerry during her Atomic Kitten days, alongside the caption, ‘Timeline in shambles?
Not a Cardinals fan (and they’re a shambles of an organisation) but to be fair to them, they would have generated equal/more buzz if they didn’t support the supposed face of their franchise.
Others were quick to say the closure was an "absolute shambles as usual", and a "total joke".
Shaking his head, Phil said his prediction had been an ‘utter shambles’, so it’s safe to assume he’s unlikely to win the bet.
That means Bravo is holding out on Teresa and Melissa, but also on is in shambles at this point.
That sort of energy and attitude is what Smith is striving for, but the reality, as proven by the shambles against Huddersfield last week, is that there is a long way to go before that sort of culture is instilled.
The fine line has him trying to tout positive jobs numbers at the state level as the general thrust from Republicans is that the economy is in a shambles, which of course cannot possibly be mutually exclusive.
The statement read: “Nigerians can now see why the nation’s economy has been in shambles in the last two years.
This whole weekend has been a cringe fest shambles of epic proportions!
What Ange Postecoglou inherited two years previously was a shambles and Celtic were in far-worse shape when Rodgers took over from Ronny Deila.
Common combinations with shambles
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in shambles 43×
- the shambles 13×
- shambles and 12×
- shambles of 9×
- absolute shambles 6×
- shambles as 4×
- utter shambles 4×
- shambles the 4×
- was shambles 3×
- is shambles 3×