hovel

Example Sentences

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I had wondered where the filthy hovels were.

From Literature

But all the characters racing up and down the stairs of his uber-New York walk-up hovel are a howl.

From Los Angeles Times

“What are you doing there? You have your own hovel now. I thought it was supposed to be your so-called bachelor pad.”

From Literature

Mark me: In the bombed-out hovels of West Berlin, there was a first drag show to hail the city’s resurrection.

From Salon

Even the day scenes feel tinged by darkness — especially when Shula visits her dead uncle’s home to find a neglected hovel of forgotten children likely to be abandoned by her judgmental aunties.

From Los Angeles Times