Sentences with phrase «most squalid»
In what must surely rank as one of the most squalid seduction scenes in literature, Charlotte's Spartan self - confidence is overcome by a combination of alcohol, a handsome frat boy's flattery, and her own ambivalent yearnings to be noticed and envied.
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While decrying the squalid social conditions in which the people live in, Melaye warned those in positions of authority not to forget that their failure to make the most of their offices in the interest of the people could turn out to hurt them, arguing that not even the rich would be immune from the disaster that looms in the horizon.
Claire Denis's 2013 film Bastards is a squalid and serpentine anti-thriller, the most lugubrious, nihilistic work in an already bleak oeuvre.
into one of the most laughable lines in the long, squalid history of superherodom.
Married life and the social scene in the most fashionable city on earth is everything Anna hoped it would be, but when Emile vanishes without trace and she is evicted, Anna is forced to discover the city's poverty - stricken dark side of harsh streets and squalid tenements, where the temptation for a penniless young lady to become a kept woman is overwhelming.
Animal rescuers from HSI have saved more than 170 dogs languishing on a squalid dog meat farm in South Korea, and The Only Way Is Essex's Pete Wicks joined the rescue team on what he described as one of the most emotional experiences of his life.
Soutine's life may have been squalid, but it didn't stop him producing some of the most marvellous portraits of his age, says Waldemar Januszczak
Located on arguably the most visible corner in Hollywood, the project was a linchpin of Hollywood redevelopment, lending credibility to the formerly squalid district.