shambles
IPA: ʃˈæmbʌɫz
noun
- A scene of great disorder or ruin.
- A great mess or clutter.
- A scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation.
- A slaughterhouse.
- (archaic) A butcher's shop.
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Examples of "shambles" in Sentences
- Physically, the castle is in shambles.
- After the raid, the fountain is left a shambles.
- By the 1980s, the Soviet economy was in shambles.
- Hence the situation in the literature is a shambles.
- At the end of the Civil War, Missouri was in shambles.
- Again it is symbolic of the Plaid shambles of recent years.
- That is a major text from the period and the page is in shambles.
- By the time of Jeanne's arrival, the Sunshine State was in shambles.
- The article will remain a shambles if we fixate on the introduction.
- The army was in shambles and the country was engulfed in a political turmoil.