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 property includes a hilltop luxury home, a guest house, a nine-hole putting and chipping green, as well as a 5-acre bass fishing lake equipped with a boat dock, bait shack and an outdoor pavilion.
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Nick Wooten, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
And out at the baseball field, the old snack shack has been turned into a privately-run cafe.
—John Ramos, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Violence has become commonplace inside makeshift displacement camps, where shacks lack doors and lighting and security are rare.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
Tyrell’s crew recreated Roher’s Los Angeles art studio — an 8-by-20-foot shack in his backyard — in Toronto to serve as the animation backdrop.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
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Nick Wooten, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
And out at the baseball field, the old snack shack has been turned into a privately-run cafe.
—John Ramos, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Violence has become commonplace inside makeshift displacement camps, where shacks lack doors and lighting and security are rare.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
Tyrell’s crew recreated Roher’s Los Angeles art studio — an 8-by-20-foot shack in his backyard — in Toronto to serve as the animation backdrop.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Shack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shack. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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