Examples of squalor in a Sentence
The family was living in squalor.
I was shocked by the squalor of their surroundings.
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But does the vitality mask the squalor or the squalor the vitality?
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Spin Team, SPIN, 20 Apr. 2026
And while these tenants paid their rent month after month, some of them up to $900 a month to live in squalor.
—Nikki Dementri, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
After its seemingly benign opening, the movie captures the appalling conditions under which the inmates are kept, with unblinking scenes of bullying, force feeding, strip searches and squalor.
—Chloe Veltman, NPR, 16 Feb. 2026
Many came from grinding poverty and squalor.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
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Spin Team, SPIN, 20 Apr. 2026
And while these tenants paid their rent month after month, some of them up to $900 a month to live in squalor.
—Nikki Dementri, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
After its seemingly benign opening, the movie captures the appalling conditions under which the inmates are kept, with unblinking scenes of bullying, force feeding, strip searches and squalor.
—Chloe Veltman, NPR, 16 Feb. 2026
Many came from grinding poverty and squalor.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for squalor
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“Squalor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squalor. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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squalor
noun
squa·lor
ˈskwäl-ər 
: filthy or degraded conditions resulting from neglect or lack of money
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