Sentence examples for desperate squalor from inspiring English sources
Not for everyone: just a mile south of the Arts Corridor thousands of homeless people live in the desperate squalor that is Skid Row.
The eccentric, if not always elaborate, outfits they wear are both transformational and functional: What is used to make a dollar can also provide cover from nosy cops interested in busting the often desperate shenanigans associated with the squalor of the DTES community.
The movie begins with a characteristically big statement from Wilson to the effect that Manchester created the Industrial Revolution with all its grandeur and squalor, while in the desperate post-industrial world, Joy Division renewed the formidable spirit of the city through their music.
"This is a good project," said Eric N. Gioia, the councilman who represents the district, "but when you look at the desperate need for housing in Queens, where families are being pushed out or forced to live in squalor, the city needs to do more".
Krystal's background is utterly desperate: she has no idea who her father is; her mother is a drug addicted prostitute; her family lives in squalor.
"It was borderline squalor".
The two live in squalor in a small Italian town, their isolation relieved only by Rino's two friends — Quattro Formaggi, the village idiot, and Danilo, a man desperate and crazed after the loss of his wife and child.
The preoccupation with squalor.
