squalid

Example Sentences

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Cities are squalid crime hives that need to be tamed or abandoned in the Sheridanverse, whereas small towns and Western vistas are quaint canvases fertile with possibility.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

"It was an absolutely awful, squalid, very unhygienic scene," Norris remembers of his visit to Save A Paw.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Soutine settled into a squalid artists’ colony in Montparnasse as one among many Jewish immigrants living there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The 10th floor is filled with notoriously squalid cells.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025

It’s a strange sight in that squalid room, like a rose in a junkyard.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline