How to Use in poor/bad (etc.) condition in a Sentence
in poor/bad (etc.) condition
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Shankster said the body was in poor condition due to the warm weather.
—Anna Turning, NBC News, 23 June 2024
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Stormy nights have taken a toll on the tents, which are already in bad condition.
—David Feliba, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
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Besides, their pelts are in bad condition at that time of year, and they are not hunted for food.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2024
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Thirty-five percent said at least one-fourth of their schools were in poor condition.
—Asia Fields, ProPublica, 15 Dec. 2023
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Thirty-five percent said at least one-fourth of their schools were in poor condition.
—Asia Fields, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2024
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Based on aerial photos of your home, your roof is in poor condition.
—Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
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Vermont dams Orange dams are the ones in poor condition.
—Cecilia Garzella, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
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At the time of the investigation, 2,402 bridges were in poor condition for the entire state.
—Zachary Smith, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2022
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Sometimes, bags are in bad condition and are wrapped to keep them together.
—Harrison Pierce, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2024
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Warfieldsburg’s bandwagon must have been in poor condition to take so long to get to Springfield.
—Catherine Baty, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2023
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Moscow lost a large portion of its active-duty tanks early in the war, and many tanks in storage are in poor condition.
—Daniel Michaels, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2023
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The structure, which dates to 1899, was already in poor condition, officials said.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2024
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Alas, a more precise assessment isn’t available as the fossil’s foot bones were in poor condition.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
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Still, 40% of metro Detroit freeway pump stations are in poor condition.
—Christine MacDonald, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2021
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Some states, counties and county equivalents possess many more of the bridges that are in poor condition than others.
—June Kim, Scientific American, 23 June 2023
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If Bendix decides to do that — and that’s a big if — the motivation would be to replenish a farm system that the current regime believes is in poor condition.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024
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In Illinois, corn and soybean crops are also in poor condition, and 20% of soybeans in the entire region are in poor condition.
—Zachary Smith, cleveland, 20 July 2023
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The dams that collapsed in the hills above the city are believed to have been in poor condition — no match for the unprecedented amount of water that crashed against them in some of the worst flooding in more than a century.
—Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
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However, if the page is in poor condition, the search engine may not recognize certain words or phrases.
—Variety, 15 June 2023
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For decades, Louisville has underfunded a majority of its 120 public parks, leaving most in the city's west and south ends in poor condition.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2023
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Condition: Homes in poor condition may be difficult to sell on the open housing market.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
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After winning the contract, Ajanta, which also goes by the name Oreva Group, managed seven months of repairs on the bridge, which had been in poor condition.
—Emily Schmall, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2022
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Hosted by Xzibit, the show would take cars in poor condition and give them lavish upgrades and customizations.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2024
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Hoggle was in poor condition -- the puppet wasn’t built to last a while -- so he was sent to a master doll doctor and artist for restoration, and he was displayed in the entrance to welcome visitors.
—Haley Laurence | Hlaurence@al.com, al, 21 Apr. 2023
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Also uncovered were a series of ceramic shards, most of which were in poor condition, researchers said.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
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In an interview with Yahoo Finance last week, Ellin indicated that the company knew Kast was in bad condition — and that turning its assets around was the point of the deal.
—Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 14 Sep. 2023
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Much of Africa suffers from rampant corruption, and most of its infrastructure is in poor condition.
—Shantayanan Devarajan, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2013
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But the report also says the gun was in poor condition and its internal components were not intact or functional during the testing.
—Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2023
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The network of levees that’s designed to channel water away from homes and provide irrigation access is in poor condition, Haynes said.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 27 Apr. 2023
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The 6-month-old huskies, dumped at the shelter in poor condition, received veterinary care after their arrival, USA Today reported.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
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