1.   After years of neglect, the properties are in sorry shape.

2.   But the Board of Education, with all of its problems, is not the primary reason so many New York City schools are in such sorry shape.

3.   Far too much of our equipment is antiquated and is in sorry shape.

4.   He recovered a little but was still in sorry shape.

5.   I arrived at the Examiner with my rear hatchback window shattered by a chunk of concrete, and my nerves in equally sorry shape.

6.   However, had the company not gotten serious about cutting costs and rectifying previous misjudgments, it would have been in sorry shape by now, analysts say.

7.   In February and March, baseball was in sorry shape.

8.   The basement theater of a midtown restaurant was in such sorry shape that a pile of snow was forming under a hole in the dressing room wall.

9.   The company has no choice, though, as the once-glorious Opera House is in sorry shape.

10.   When Peter Bevis first laid eyes on her, she was in sorry shape.