squalor

Example Sentences

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Dogs that were rescued from squalor are now fighting crime on the streets of Manchester.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

The Allies didn’t leave Germany and Japan to stew in their squalor; they had a plan not just for defeating the old regimes but helping to build new ones.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2025

At the 1971 Pan American Games, for example, the athletes lived in squalor while AAU officials stayed in plush hotels.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2025

The family had been living in squalor, surrounded by rubbish and human excrement, before the tragedy, the trial had heard.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024

Despite its dilapidation and squalor, Maxwell Street had always felt secure and familiar to me.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros