Examples of shambolic in a Sentence
a shambolic system of public transportation
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Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, who’ve served up shambolic displays in the English Premier League all year, will square off in the Europa League final Wednesday in Bilbao, Spain.
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Alex Tabet, NBC news, 20 May 2025
The team has looked a bit shambolic at times this season, with some wondering whether this change in form was the result of a number of high-profile staff departures toward the end of last season.
—ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
That’s tougher to pin down, since Joe, on the one hand, is the character we’re asked to identify with, but Phoenix plays him as a shambolic screw-up, earnest and benign but basically a walking mess.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2025
In it, for those who do not know, shambolic Torquay hotelier Basil Fawlty welcomes a group of German guests.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Alex Tabet, NBC news, 20 May 2025
The team has looked a bit shambolic at times this season, with some wondering whether this change in form was the result of a number of high-profile staff departures toward the end of last season.
—ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
That’s tougher to pin down, since Joe, on the one hand, is the character we’re asked to identify with, but Phoenix plays him as a shambolic screw-up, earnest and benign but basically a walking mess.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2025
In it, for those who do not know, shambolic Torquay hotelier Basil Fawlty welcomes a group of German guests.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Shambolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shambolic. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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