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

An August 2024 report by the prison's independent monitoring board found inmate numbers in the "cramped, squalid" prison, had grown to 1,513.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

Lawyers say instead it has become a “black site,” holding immigrants for days or weeks in squalid and unsanitary conditions without access to legal counsel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

The 10th floor is filled with notoriously squalid cells.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025

“Our own mistakes are the reason we’re behind now,” he tells the players in the stuffy, squalid darkness.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger