1.  And he was in a terrible state.

2.  He also had drains that were in a terrible state and therefore wanted one of his sons to become a plumber.

3.  He was in that terrible state of lumbar pain where mobility involves a slow ambulatory squat.

4.  Her house is in a terrible state.

5.  His apartment was in a terrible state.

6.  I was withdrawing from drugs and in a terrible state.

7.  It was in a terrible state when we moved in but we cleaned it up and made it quite homely.

8.  They did not tell her this, but they reproached her for hiding her terrible state from them, her own sisters.

9.  When I got back home, I was horrified to see what a terrible state the kitchen was in.

10.  When we bought the house, it was in a terrible state.