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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Most of Goma is a warren of improvised housing, with tin shacks for the poorest and cinder-block huts for those a little better off.
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Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
The bike and pedestrian paths that weave through the riparian corridor below provided access to a neighborhood of tents and shacks, a leafy suburb of the Crash Zone known as the Enchanted Forest.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
But a classic lobster shack on the stretch of coastline from Maine to Connecticut will make for a scenic backdrop that’s hard to beat.
—Terry Ward, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
Here that moment is captured in very much the same style as our VLA researcher races down the road towards an administrative shack where the discovery is shared.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 14 Nov. 2025
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Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
The bike and pedestrian paths that weave through the riparian corridor below provided access to a neighborhood of tents and shacks, a leafy suburb of the Crash Zone known as the Enchanted Forest.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
But a classic lobster shack on the stretch of coastline from Maine to Connecticut will make for a scenic backdrop that’s hard to beat.
—Terry Ward, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
Here that moment is captured in very much the same style as our VLA researcher races down the road towards an administrative shack where the discovery is shared.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 14 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shack
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“Shack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shack. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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