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

“I remember sitting in my squalid cubicle and thinking, ‘My God, my life is a total waste.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

Not even your passport or your birth certificate will save you if he carries through on that squalid Thanksgiving message.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

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

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

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline