Maybe you're thinking the world is in sorry shape?

The team was in such sorry shape that command decisions could not be made.

Then I saw what sorry shape the poor thing was in.

After years of neglect, the properties are in sorry shape.

Given the sorry shape of the city's finances, that $250 million is nothing to cough at.

And might well turn out to be in the same sorry shape as this one.

"Let them know the body's in very sorry shape," I emphasized.

New York public schools are in such sorry shape that a plan to require school uniforms would not help.

At the big football game, Barney is in sorry shape.

Though in sorry shape, it rose above what was left of its neighbors, a full six floors.