Examples of shack in a Sentence
an old shack in the woods
a farmer's shack out in the fields that's used for lambing and as a shelter from storms
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The former Uchiko and Counter 357 chef pivoted his career away from fine dining to focus on modern African American cooking with his Distant Relatives, a smoke shack and grill that traces the foodways of the African diaspora.
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Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
Most schools take place in mud huts or shacks shared by dozens of young men, away from public glare.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
This was little more than a wooden shack beside a convenience store and a karaoke parlor, all of them run by an enterprising resident who had already buried 200 people in the 12 months since Duterte had taken office, nearly all of them drug suspects.
—Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
The assailants, some armed, also vandalized security cameras and a vacant guard shack and slashed the tires of vehicles in the parking lot, authorities said.
—Sue Ambrose, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
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Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
Most schools take place in mud huts or shacks shared by dozens of young men, away from public glare.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
This was little more than a wooden shack beside a convenience store and a karaoke parlor, all of them run by an enterprising resident who had already buried 200 people in the 12 months since Duterte had taken office, nearly all of them drug suspects.
—Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
The assailants, some armed, also vandalized security cameras and a vacant guard shack and slashed the tires of vehicles in the parking lot, authorities said.
—Sue Ambrose, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Shack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shack. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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