How to Use squatter in a Sentence

squatter

noun

• When no one came to kick them off the land, more squatters showed up.
  — Elizabeth Barber, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2020
• Homeless squatters would use the house as a place to spend the night.
  — Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Oct. 2019
• Each side called the other side squatters.
  — Dave Lieber feb. 25, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
• The squatters, some of whom have spent decades in the building, are still there.
  — John Eligon Joao Silva, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2023
• Now, climate change is giving these squatters a boost.
  — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
• There are no longer any rogue items that become squatters where they aren’t supposed to be.
  — Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 30 Dec. 2025
• The squatter must live on the property.
  — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 6 Jan. 2026
• The elegant home had been taken over by a squatter — and a colony of bats.
  — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
• Swapping in butter could lead to a squatter cake with a less velvety crumb.
  — Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022
• The roofs of the houses were blown open to prevent squatters from moving in.
  — Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2017
• Only, some squatters are better left alone.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
• Only, some squatters are better left alone.
  — William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
• Suddenly Maria is a squatter, but a savvy one.
  — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
• George is squatter, rounder, and given to wearing suits even on horseback.
  — New York Times, 30 Nov. 2021
• While the Dewey has been shut down, break ins and reports of squatters have been frequent.
  — Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• The squatter must not share the property with anyone else.
  — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 6 Jan. 2026
• At one point in the 1970s, the building filled up with squatters.
  — John Otis, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
• Police say the pair were squatters in an apartment that the victim had walked into.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
• The squatters could be in place for months or years before the government took notice.
  — H.w. Brands, Smithsonian, 22 Oct. 2019
• Rumors that the squatters would be turfed out were a near-constant feature of barangay tsismis.
  — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
• Spry says squatters occupied the house across from hers, selling what was left inside.
  — Christopher Flavelle, Bloomberg.com, 2 May 2018
• Many have been destroyed or vandalized, perhaps by squatters, teenagers or the urbex set.
  — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
• No electrical fires or squatters.
  — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
• The suspect was essentially a squatter in a vacant home who had the locks changed.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2021
• The overall impression was of squatters having taken over a haunt of the rich.
  — Alan Philps, Town & Country, 5 July 2023
• On the roof, a squatter everyone called Cheese performed a Nazi salute to the cops.
  — Dan Kois, Curbed, 16 Jan. 2023
• Weeks before the raid, the company obtained court orders to evict squatters.
  — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 4 Feb. 2026
• More than a dozen squatters were living in the building at the time of the fire, authorities believe.
  — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
• The early squatters were followed in 1842 by the first free settlers, and sales of land took place.
  — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
• Residents said this building has been dealing with squatters and homeless people for a while.
  — Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026