pigsty

Example Sentences

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There was no way I could take a woman on a date in such a pigsty.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2022

In the absence of help, nearly anyone with baby twins has a pigsty of a house.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2022

He had a shattered leg, so was carried and dragged across a field by Pte O'Callaghan, who swerved to avoid a barn full of SS soldiers cooking a meal, until they found a pigsty.

From BBC • May 28, 2022

The place was a pigsty, but our boys loved it, collecting dozens of dirty bottles and making giant bottle castles.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2016

“What are you going to do there anyway, in that pigsty? Live with the animals? It’s filthy there.”

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau