down at heel in a sentence

• He tries to borrow money from old friends, but they, too, are down at heel or simply tightfisted.
• Hemingway writes convincingly of how even when one is unknown and down at heels it is still possible to be happy.
• Much of the city resembles parts of old New Orleans, slightly down at heels and in need of some paint.
• Weber used the same method of direction, too, filming in continuity . " To tell with maximum realism this story of a college professor's family  hardworking but with only a meager income  Weber filmed in real houses, using a special surreal, declaring it " the " Los Olvidados " of the literally down at heel middle class ".
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