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

"It was an absolutely awful, squalid, very unhygienic scene," Norris remembers of his visit to Save A Paw.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Tortora, meanwhile, languishes in squalid jail cells and a country with only a casual regard for habeas corpus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

Some 1,500 Jews volunteered to go, thinking that anything must be better than the squalid environment they were in.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson