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

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

Police and social service providers routinely sent homeless people from throughout the city and county to the squalid downtown neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025

The minority of blacks who lived in Dube, a posh section of the otherwise squalid Soweto also known as Beverly Hills, were a well-to-do elite.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane