squalor

Example Sentences

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Social reformers saw only crowding and squalor, but black wealth was accruing through the ownership of property.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 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

Undeterred, he has been taking children from his community, often stuck living in unimaginable urban squalor, to experience Nairobi’s verdant parks and expose them to green spaces.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

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

A few people still remained amidst the squalor, tending little gardens in amongst the weeds.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin