red-light district
Example Sentences
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A stone's throw from the US border and around the corner from Tijuana's seedy red-light district, Afghan families say they feel safe inside a first of its kind Muslim-only shelter.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2023
Ahmad’s extraordinarily accomplished first novel revolves around Faraz Ali, born to a prostitute in Mohalla, Lahore, Pakistan’s red-light district.
From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2022
Garnett orchestrates several extended dolly shots through Havana’s red-light district — the camera navigating crowds, horse carts and fistfights.
From New York Times • May 27, 2021
Short, impressionistic chapters flit between the fictional town of Ventor, Georgia; boho New York City; San Francisco’s red-light district; the coast of Florida; and a grad-school program in Maryland.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2019
Halsema, a member of the Groenlinks party, has already called for the red-light district to be closed intermittently to clean the streets of waste.
From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2018
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
