Example Sentences

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The house needed extensive work and she had hoarder tendencies, so it took many months of weekends for my husband and his brother to clean it out and prepare it for sale.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

She calls me a hoarder, but I prefer the term family archivist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

When I got to the closet in her bedroom, which contained enough medical supplies to stock a small pharmacy, I started to think she may have been a secret hoarder.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

Like many people across the country, Susan Lindo is a hoarder.

From BBC • May 29, 2025

What kind of second-rate hoarder brings trash rather than supplies?

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman