insalubrious

Example Sentences

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The refuse rising in insalubrious piles, some taller than the pedestrians trying to avoid them, is a smelly, visceral symbol of popular outrage at the government’s plan.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2023

Beyond being stuck in insalubrious quarters, jailed suspects have less opportunity to assist in their defense than released defendants.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2019

For years he dragged his wife Clarissa and their growing brood from town to town, renting ever more insalubrious houses, pawning their dwindling stock of possessions, and running up debts.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2019

The film’s winding course leads from the station to the dive bars to the insalubrious lobby of the Arcade hotel, where Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’s night clerk keeps a baleful eye on the foreign tourists.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2019

He would have let the house, but could find no tenant, in consequence of its ineligible and insalubrious site.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë