squalid

Example Sentences

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Cities are squalid crime hives that need to be tamed or abandoned in the Sheridanverse, whereas small towns and Western vistas are quaint canvases fertile with possibility.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

Neat or squalid, these apartments reflect the compromised lives these men have made for themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

An August 2024 report by the prison's independent monitoring board found inmate numbers in the "cramped, squalid" prison, had grown to 1,513.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

Lawyers say instead it has become a “black site,” holding immigrants for days or weeks in squalid and unsanitary conditions without access to legal counsel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

Things don’t get any more squalid than this, is my thought.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich