sty
Example Sentences
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The place was a sty to begin with and only becomes more squalid after Mick, Keith and Brian move in.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Three piglets on the loose from an abandoned sty were foraging in the city street.
From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2022
“Once I jumped in that sty," he said, "I was going to be stuck wrestling in there for a while.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2018
They stashed him away in a pig sty, but it kept him alive, as enemy soldiers continued their search for Americans.
From Washington Times • Feb. 10, 2018
I felt as sorry for him as I had felt for a litter of helpless pigs bom in our backyard sty in Arkansas.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
Vocabulary lists containing sty
Scrabble: Words with no Vowels
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"The Tempest," Vocabulary from Acts 1 and 2
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