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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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Quality of life and economic indicators All the states also have great smaller cities — Madison, Wisconsin, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, anyone? — not to mention rural scenery ranging from rolling hills to lakefront resorts, hunting camps to ice-fishing shacks and ski slopes.
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Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Oct. 2024
Volunteers were finishing work on a new community garden in a lot that once housed charred, abandoned potato shacks where gang members hid to rob unsuspecting pedestrians.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
Newport is unique for its blend of Gilded Age architecture and low-frills lobster shacks on the wharf.
—Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024
The former mining town includes a museum, LuLu's Bordello, livery stables, photo galleries, a coffee shop, a steak house, a saloon, a reptile exhibit and a mystery shack where objects seem to defy gravity.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2024
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Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Oct. 2024
Volunteers were finishing work on a new community garden in a lot that once housed charred, abandoned potato shacks where gang members hid to rob unsuspecting pedestrians.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
Newport is unique for its blend of Gilded Age architecture and low-frills lobster shacks on the wharf.
—Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024
The former mining town includes a museum, LuLu's Bordello, livery stables, photo galleries, a coffee shop, a steak house, a saloon, a reptile exhibit and a mystery shack where objects seem to defy gravity.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Shack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shack. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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