Even in the shabbier quarters of the city, which stretched back into the foothills, there were architectural details to catch the eye.

She doubled the annual budget to $7.4 million, and the group left cramped, shabby quarters for a stunning glass and steel building in Hollywood.

Hans Pfitzner, who had strived unsuccessfully to be the Führer's court composer, was lying low in shabby south German quarters.

The family lot, in the shabby older quarter, out at the cemetery, held most of them now; and the name was swept altogether from the new city.

The faithful Sergeant Pichon had done his best with the rather shabby quarters formerly belonging to the jefe.

Sexton promised to renovate the shabby quarters of the economics department.

Cruising idly about, I finally found that for which I sought--an unpretentious public hangar in a shabby quarter of the city.

We continued to dwell in our shabby quarters, we ate at the same restaurant, we had our nightly discussions.

Funds are needed to provide more financial aide and to upgrade the school's shabby quarters.

This mixture was known as "Fenian fire" and allegedly was used by disgruntled itinerant workers in Australia to cause delayed destruction of shabby sleeping quarters.