If the strange knight was shocked at her shabby appearance, he politely gave no indication.

Disillusion at seeing his grey hair or shabby appearance.

By paying the guides generously thought I should make up for my shabby appearance: this was still worse.

Even before he's introduced the narrator is struck by the room's shabby appearance.

The stevedore snorted as he took in her shabby appearance.

The other children dislike his shabby appearance, and refuse to play with him.

The shabby appearance of the apartment house in general didn't apply to the penthouse.

The building itself, with its broken windows and generally shabby appearance, was also regarded as an eye-sore.

And its shabby appearance, like that of an old house losing its shutters, was beginning to shame me.

There's no excuse for a shabby appearance, not even in this day and age.