hovel

Example Sentences

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Even the day scenes feel tinged by darkness — especially when Shula visits her dead uncle’s home to find a neglected hovel of forgotten children likely to be abandoned by her judgmental aunties.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025

Eventually they squeezed into a hovel before being discovered by a turncoat cabinet member.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2024

"I was left in this crowded backstreet hovel in Halifax, while my sister went off to a rather grand life."

From BBC • May 14, 2022

“I don’t care if your house is a million-dollar house or a $30,000 hovel in the middle of nowhere,” said Ms. Guide, who runs a digital-marketing agency.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2020

Voldemort’s eyes moved slowly around the hovel and then found the man in the armchair.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling