Down-at-heel

"Down-at-heel" in a Sentence (4 examples)

She lost her job and is now down-at-heel.

It's not an upmarket resort, but rather a down-at-heel one whose heyday has long since past.

St Ives: The guided busway on the old railway alignment to Cambridge has just passed its tenth anniversary. Railfuture has noted its down-at-heel physical appearance, with dirty concrete beams, damaged sound barriers, and unmanaged vegetation.

The station has been down-at-heel for over 20 years, since some of the original main buildings were destroyed by fire.

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