as in hut
a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling refugees living in crowded hovels

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Recent Examples of hovel How far does the cash go? Mounir Kahil and his family, who live by candlelight in a hovel in Beirut’s southern suburbs, are among those benefiting from the cash handouts. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Sep. 2023 The movie, about three young women shacking up in a rancid hovel in the French provinces, premiered in Locarno and screened at the Oldenburg film festival in 2010. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2023 This lush thriller swings back and forth through time and up and down the social ladder, from the hovels to the palaces of contemporary India. Washington Post Editors and Reviewers, Washington Post, 26 May 2023 Rogen is Herschel Greenbaum, a ditch-digger from an Eastern European hovel called Shlupsk, who immigrates to Brooklyn at the turn of the 20th century with his wife, Sarah (Sarah Snook), with dreams of buying their own gravestones and one day trying seltzer. cleveland, 5 Aug. 2020 See all Example Sentences for hovel 
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Noun
  • Inna and her family decided to drive to another village about 60 miles away, where Inna's grandparents had a tiny old hut.
    Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Known for not being precious on set, Winslet illustrates this to Dominus by being interviewed for hours in a chilly beach hut on the English coast (Winslet’s idea).
    Longreads, Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • But years later, in 1988, her husband was killed in another round of fighting in the camp.
    Lauren Frayer, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The money is going toward meals, toiletries, gear and replacing a shower facility at one of the camps, Lewis said.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Feast On Local Delights In Fort-de-France, welcoming local food shacks and easy-going eateries reign, offering simple but delicious and affordable eats that show-off the region’s best recipes.
    Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The Wieland family boat is appropriately called the Transformation, and Cicero himself, who in Brown’s novel is listed as Theodore’s favorite author, is repurposed as the proprietor of the town’s seafood shack.
    Joumana Khatib, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Bad buzz has caught up to the cabin thriller though, which is projecting $3 million and a 72% drop in its second weekend.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Cruise ships often offer a number of cabin upgrade categories, allowing passengers to bid on multiple tiers.
    Richard Sine, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Hovel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hovel. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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