tent

Example Sentences

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"Look at me now -- I live in a tent. We used to live with dignity, while here we've been thrown aside like dogs," he said.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

"We woke up at 06:00 and left our children behind in a tent. We left everything just to come to the bank."

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

“I saw thirty-two people per cage, about six cages in the one tent. I saw a lot of people – young men — who looked like me,” Frost said.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025

“He started showing up at my tent. I was at my bottom. He didn’t turn his back on me.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024

According to Hutchison, Boukreev “was bent over, retching, about a hundred feet from the South African’s tent. When I asked if he needed help, he answered, ‘No!

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer