Example Sentences

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Back in Colaba, huge murals and inspirational quotes cover the walls of shanties.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Earlier this week, Typhoon Kalmaegi sent floodwaters rushing through the towns and cities of Cebu province, sweeping away cars, riverside shanties and massive shipping containers.

From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025

Strikers took to the streets, occupied railroad depots, often with their families, waved signs, and erected tents and hastily constructed shanties.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

Wise had picked up two or three CDs of sea shanties, along with an album of barrel organ tunes, for inspiration.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2024

They moved along the track, skirting the wretched shanties and the pools of sewage, and watching the never-ending stream of ghosts arriving and passing without hindrance into the town itself.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman