Sentences with 'slum'
Example sentences and phrases with the word slum and other words derived from it.
• « When Boston's slum gangs boomed in 1988, the annual homicide rate rose from double to triple digits. »
• « With industrialisation, the huge numbers of poor industrial workers began to recognise that their social identity was defined by their poverty and their working conditions, just as rich industrialists and slum landlords recognised that they were united by their wealth and their common interest in controlling the workers. »
• « In the run-up to the XXV Olympic Games in 1992, the seaside slum of Pobla Nou has been transformed into a glittering new Olympic Village, complete with flat blocks, a yacht club and golden sandy beaches shaded with palm trees. »