shit

Example Sentences

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Or something close enough to fool you. “. . . and my life is sort of shit now. You are successful, and I am successful, and I’m wondering: Are you happy?”

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2025

Some were still wearing the same old shit.

From New York Times • May 22, 2023

“He would sit in meetings and eat in front of people,” one former DeSantis staffer told the Daily Beast, “always like a starving animal who has never eaten before … getting shit everywhere.”

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2023

Parking entrepreneurs promised motorists that by using enclosed facilities, they could avoid dents, scratches, broken windows, pigeon shit and arson.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2022

I’ve been through some serious shit and I can be serious like somebody older.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini