Max Lucado

We are Jesus Christ's; we belong to him. But even more, we are increasingly him. He moves in and commandeers our hands and feet, requisitions our minds and tongues. We sense his rearranging: debris into the divine, pig's ear into silk purse. He repurposes bad decisions and squalid choices. Little by little, a new image emerges.

American Clergyman

Jesse Andrews

I started playing music around 13 or 14, played jazz in high school, and played other stuff in college. After college, I tried to make it as a musician. I lived in a big squalid house full of dudes outside of Boston. We were all musicians. We built this studio in the basement and played there all hours of the day.

American Novelist

Terry Eagleton

Universities are no longer educational in any sense of the word that Rousseau would have recognised. Instead, they have become unabashed instruments of capital. Confronted with this squalid betrayal, one imagines he would have felt sick and oppressed.

English Critic

Rebecca Harding Davis

The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general wretchedness, the squalid misery, which entered into every individual life in the region given up to the war. Where the armies camped the destruction was absolute.

American Author

Robert Kennedy

One can find a squalid America as easily as a scenic America; a bitter, hopeless America as easily as the confident America of polyethylene wrapping, new cars, and camping trips in the summer.

American Politician

Richard Rogers

If you live in a squalid environment, then of course you are going to want to get out of it, you are probably going to want to get into the country, because that's what it does.

British Architect

Harold Pinter

I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.

English Dramatist

Peter Bergen

And in the end, bin Laden died in a squalid suburban compound surrounded by his wives and children and far from the front lines of his holy war.

American Journalist

Tom Baker

Most drama in our lives is really rather squalid.

Actor

Indicates extreme lack of cleanliness or maintenance, often because of neglect.

Physical Neglect

Commonly used to describe environments affected by extreme poverty.

Poverty Indicator

Conveys a strong feeling of disgust or disapproval when describing a place.

Negative Emotion

Used to describe actions or behaviors that are considered morally wrong.

Immoral Activities

Can be used metaphorically to describe corrupt or unethical practices.

Metaphorical Usage

Shows speaker's strong disapproval or contempt for dishonest behavior.

Negative Judgment

 continue to resonate. Today, the adjective Dickensian often implies squalid working or living conditions. But to describe a novel as Dickensian is typically high praise, as it suggests a story in which true adventure and discovery occur in the most unexpected places.

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