How to use squatter in a sentence
13 example sentences · noun
Squatter means one who squats; one who sits down idly. Example: “Protesters resisted the eviction of squatters.”
Examples of squatter by meaning
nounOne who occupied Crown land.
- While settlement in New South Wales was initially confined, many moved outside the boundaries to become squatters, eventually consolidating their originally illegal hold on the land.2004, James Jupp, The English in Australia, page 62
nounA large-scale grazier and landowner.
- In Parliament, at least, the squatters were secure. ¶ In the early 1840s a severe depression threatened livelihoods in all the colonies except South Australia and many squatters resorted to slaughtering their sheep and boiling them down for tallow.1993, Manning Clark, Michael Cathcart (abridging editor), Manning Clark′s History of Australia: Abridged by Michael Cathcart, p.218
- His dealings with squatter R.2010, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Peter Carey: A Literary Companion, page 233
nounA squat toilet.
- All of the toilets in both the men's and women's sides were squatters.2012, Randall L. Erickson, Traveling Business Class, page 54
More sentences with squatter
- Protesters resisted the eviction of squatters.From the entry eviction
- More classically proportioned figures could be paired, on the same page, with squatter, lumpier piles of flesh.2021 June 27, Jason Farago, “The Cézanne We’ve Forgotten How to See”, in The New York Times. From the entry lumpy
- It was as if they were living like squatters in their own flat.2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry makeover
- Police said 78 squatter huts were buried at Sau Mau Ping.2007 December, Kevin Sinclair, “Top Ten: Stories”, in Tell Me a Story: Forty Years Newspapering in Hong Kong and China, SCMP Book…. From the entry Sau Mau Ping
- Squatters evicted from mansions on millionaires’ row.2009, The Guardian, 29 January, (headline). From the entry Millionaires' Row
- The squatters' Australia was a rough society of rugged wealth-seekers jack-booting their determined way over an unprivileged great majority.1946, Brian Charles Fitzpatrick, The Australian People, 1788-1945, page 150. From the entry jack-boot
- In Tsz Wan Shan, more than 20 tons of mud and rocks crashed down a hillside and struck three squatter huts, leaving two people dead.1989 October, November, and December, “North Pacific Weather Log April, May and June 1989”, in Mariners Weather Log, volume 33, number 4…. From the entry Tsz Wan Shan
- Paterson, son of a dispossessed squatter, writing from a city office, the bushmen with their horses and simple skills were the backbone of Australia.1970, Douglas Pike, Australia: The Quiet Continent, page 230. From the entry bushman
- I reflect on how easily the building could fall victim to squatters and, in a moment of bolshiness, think it would serve the negligent owners jolly well right.2009, Anna Nicholas, chapter 8, in Goats from a Small Island: Grabbing Mallorcan Life by the Horns. From the entry bolshiness
Meaning of squatter
- noun One who squats; one who sits down idly.
- noun One who occupied Crown land.
- noun A poor vagrant; a hobo or beggar; one suffering from extreme poverty.
Questions about squatter in a sentence
- How do you use squatter in a sentence?
- Squatter is used as a noun. For example: “Protesters resisted the eviction of squatters.”
- What is a short sentence with squatter?
- “His dealings with squatter R.”
- What does squatter mean?
- Squatter means one who squats; one who sits down idly.
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