How I love the mixture of the beautiful and the squalid in gardening. It makes it so lifelike. From LearnThat.org. [Evelyn Underhill]
The only way that Mexicans can do it is by living in squalid, overcrowded apartments. From Wordnik.com. [Immigration Reform, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
I guess he prefers the “hard bigotry” of poisoning children by forcing them to live in squalid conditions. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » AP:] Reference
These innocent refugees were interned by Israel in squalid concentration camps such as Gaza and the West Bank. From Wordnik.com. [Obama: Agent of Change? Well, Agent of Somethin’ « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference
Native Americans often live in squalid conditions and are sadly lacking in adequate political action committees. From Wordnik.com. [Gov't offers to pay American Indians $1.4 billion for lost funds] Reference
Again and again Hortense recalled the squalid sight which had met their eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Huit coups de l'horloge. English] Reference
These bishops condemned what they were pleased to call the squalid niggardliness of the Patriarcheion under the present régime. From Wordnik.com. [Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom] Reference
The endangering charges related to what Patrolman Sam Mosca described as the squalid and unsafe conditions he found inside Seabolt'shome. From Wordnik.com. [Vindy.com stories: Vindy.com Newswatch » Breaking News from around Youngstown, Warren, Columbiana Ohio] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You know, History happens in such kind of squalid places frequently. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2003] Reference
And by the way, I've been referring to UU youth culture as "squalid" since I was a tender UU youth meself. From Wordnik.com. [Philocrites: So much for 'Con Con: The Movie.'] Reference
Puntarenas is hot, humid, kind of squalid, lacking in good places to eat, the kind of place Costa Ricans avoid if given the choice. From Wordnik.com. [Re-posting of Michoacan's Answer to Canc�n - Undoubtedly More Than Most People Want to Know About Pl] Reference
He is wrapped in a kind of squalid dressing-gown and is shivering. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Orphan] Reference
The court heard Thorpe and her father lived in "squalid" flats and sometimes even in tents. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
Kate Walsh, 16, a budding flautist, had overdosed twice before she was found dead in a "squalid" squat in the town on January 3 2004. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Maxx's home is a crummy cardboard box in a squalid alley. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond Beavis And Butt-Head] Reference
By rights you should be in a squalid room at the Cambridge, Mass. From Wordnik.com. [India Calling] Reference
"War was once glorious and squalid," Winston Churchill said in 1946. From Wordnik.com. [Explaining Lynndie England] Reference
What a sparkling creation coming out of a squalid cinematic neighborhood. From Wordnik.com. [Movie Club: 'My Beautiful Laundrette'] Reference
Clinton's squalid behavior helped strip his office of much of its grandeur. From Wordnik.com. [The Era Of Bad Feeling] Reference
Five-foot-wide alleys separate the run-on maze of squalid concrete housing. From Wordnik.com. [Rhymes amid rubble: Palestinian refugee rappers' voices spill out across borders] Reference
For decades its squalid jail cells were the very symbol of apartheid-era oppression. From Wordnik.com. [The Country Of Good Hope] Reference
It was rare, which meant the getter must have gotten it in the most squalid of ways. From Wordnik.com. [A Writer’s Brush With Fate] Reference
More than 150,000 Acehnese have fled the inland villages, taking shelter in squalid camps. From Wordnik.com. [The Winds Of Rage] Reference
Compromise is often painful, but the push to get a bill out of the Senate verged on the squalid. From Wordnik.com. [Fight Club] Reference
On Iran-Contra, the squalid political truth was that Congress lacked the cojones to impeach Reagan. From Wordnik.com. [The Politics Of Vengeance] Reference
Once the Stones fade out of the picture, "Faithfull" loses its momentum and becomes simply squalid. From Wordnik.com. [A New Spin On The Stones] Reference
Millions of refugees were legally barred from working, which forced them into squalid welfare dependency. From Wordnik.com. [The Incredible Shrinking Continent] Reference
Behind his city's sleek skyscrapers, problems piled up: squalid public housing, high infant mortality, lousy schools. From Wordnik.com. ['Hizzoner' And His Son] Reference
Once again, a squalid dictator, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, became the instrument for the prosecution of Washington's goals. From Wordnik.com. [Pakistan’s Fickle Ally] Reference
But one wonders what Dole really thinks of the self-indulgence and squalid confessionalism that have debased our public culture. From Wordnik.com. [Learning To Love Dole] Reference
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