1.  Something must be done about the deplorable state of our roads.

2.  To a certain extent, the deplorable state of manners is just another trendy morsel for public devouring.

3.  Is that, as most people in Washington appear to think, a deplorable state of affairs?

4.  A number of factors may have resulted in the deplorable state of affairs described above.

5.  How can a road leading to a hospital be in such a deplorable state?

6.  It is inconceiveable that such a deplorable state of affairs has been allowed to continue for so long in an independent country like Malaysia.

7.  The situation has been worsened by the deplorable state of most rural roads, preventing rice deliveries from reaching local markets.

8.  The ship appears to be in a deplorable state with a totally rusted hull.

9.  Most Nigerian prisons are overcrowded, and many are in a deplorable state, with poor health and eating facilities.

10.  Most of the displaced had already had to shift three or four times, WFP said, adding that refugees arrived in Guinea in a deplorable state.