ramshackle

Example Sentences

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For years, neighbors in East L.A. complained about violence, drugs and gang activity on an 11,000-square foot lot with ramshackle dwellings and an auto repair shop located across the street from an elementary school.

From Los Angeles Times

Many of those reported dead or unaccounted for had been living in ramshackle displacement camps that were reportedly heavily damaged by the storm surge.

From Seattle Times

And in a ramshackle, possibly haunted cabin in the wilderness, Shauna has nothing else to feed him.

From Salon

The anxiety courses through Samandag, including in a ramshackle tent camp erected on a road median.

From Washington Post

There is no electricity in the building and children play in the dark in ramshackle rooms.

From Reuters