The building is in such a sorry state that it's hardly worth fixing. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Sitting in his office overlooking Lewis Field last week, Simmons described how he built the program from such a sorry state. (si.com)
Thats also the reason this is such a sorry state of affairs, if we can see what is needed and we can see we haven't a hope in hell of winning the league, then arsene does too! (justarsenal.com)