Sentence examples for in such a squalid from inspiring English sources

Her seedy and untimely death would be of no more note than any other of those grim cautionary tales found in Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon books, were it not for one key fact: this neglected actress, who killed herself in such a squalid manner, has a fair claim to have been the world's very first movie star.

On the wireless, the critic Ivor Brown considered it unthinkable that, as a colonel's daughter, Alison Porter would have remained in such an "unspeakably squalid" setting.

Bytown was such a squalid place that By wanted nothing to do with it: it had the dubious honour of being the most violent town in North America, drunken navvies and leery loggers frequenting the bawdy brothels in Byward Market.

Opening in 1941 at an engagement party at the Bouvier's mansion in East Hampton, Long Island, the musical Grey Gardens tracks the progression of the lives of Edith and Edie Bouvier as they move from being American aristocrats to reclusive social outcasts, living in such squalid conditions in a home so overrun by cats that the Health Department deemed the mansion 'unfit for human habitation'.

The potential for an outbreak of disease in such squalid conditions prompted local health authorities in 2002 to step up efforts to ensure that children living at 37 Stadium Street were fully immunized and registered in the health system.

No other part of Scotland counted for so much economically or contained as many people – or as many people who lived in such squalid conditions.

She claims she is the victim of a "witch-hunt" led by extremist animal activists, who accused her of hoarding the rabbits in such squalid conditions that the animals developed numerous ailments, including syphilis.

While New York City Transit does not publicize the list of the 60 or so restrooms that remain open in the subway -- most were in such squalid shape that they were closed by 1982 -- it is often possible to find them just by following your nose.

Dr Graham Thom of Amnesty said there was clear evidence that the camp had been "erected in haste, with no consideration for the individuals languishing in such squalid conditions".

In Jerusalem, we wound up in a squalid hostel in the Muslim quarter run by a couple of grumpy hippies.

In Amman, they lived in a squalid neighborhood where Islamists own the streets.