“The musicals of the '30s are enjoyable, in part because they don't dwell on misfortune and squalor and poverty.”

“After years of neglect, the once magnificent mansion had fallen into squalor, with rooms filled with debris and an overpowering stench.”

“In the midst of economic recession, many families were forced to live in squalor, struggling to meet their basic needs.”

“It is for raising money to wage implacable warfare against poverty and squalidness.”

“Never had I seen human beings so clad, or rather so unclad, in such amazing squalidness and destitution of garments.”

“Their condition only proves what squalidness may consist with civilization.”