Sentence examples for were overcrowded from inspiring English sources

In 2001, 7% of households (1.5 million) were overcrowded.

"The federal courthouses on Long Island were overcrowded," he said.

Many dwellings lacked basic sanitation and were overcrowded.

According to some reports, dormitory rooms were overcrowded and overloaded with electrical appliances.

The most recent figures show that 3.1% of households in England were overcrowded.

For example, in the early 2000s, its prisons were overcrowded in the aftermath of the genocide.

The reflections seemed mental rather than physical, but he was suddenly claustrophobic, as if the elevator were overcrowded.

Even as Queen Victoria's empire was marinating in riches, the slums in London's East End were overcrowded.

A 2011 survey by the United Federation of Teachers found that 6,978 New York City classrooms were overcrowded.

Because the crematoria were overcrowded, bodies were burned in pyres fueled partly by the victims' own fat.

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY"Once a shabby backwater whose crumbling terraces were overcrowded with immigrants, Notting Hill is now one of the capital's most fashionable areas".