How to Use shack in a Sentence

shack

noun
  • Up the road, in his shack, the old man was sleeping again.
    — Joe Fassler, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Is this white shack with a smoke stains on the cinderblock the right place?
    — Joan Niesen and Laken Litman, SI.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The river’s fury breached the paddle shack near the noon hour.
    — Chuck Gibson, Cincinnati.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • George grew up in a small shack by the railroad tracks.
    — Omaid Homayun, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The shack where Dom and Bruno spent the last night before they were killed.
    — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The now-64-year-old farmer continues to live in the same shack.
    — Rob Perez, ProPublica, 26 Nov. 2022
  • The crew noticed that the door had been ripped off the shack where the man was staying.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2021
  • The only men left in the shack are too injured to stand.
    — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Sep. 2017
  • The seafood shack, which opened in 1986, was destroyed in the raging fires.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The Sweet Thang is not the only great thing at this new Bronzeville taco shack.
    — Michael Nagrant, RedEye Chicago, 26 June 2017
  • Back in the truck, Mr. Grant pointed to a tumbledown shack on the west side of the road.
    — Michael Tortorello, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2018
  • At the end of the dark road, there is a tiny cement shack; its roof has been blown off.
    — Jasmine Garsd, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2017
  • In the years since, the Smith shack has grown still more character-rich.
    — Star Tribune, 26 Sep. 2020
  • This seafood shack is the perfect place to find fresh shrimp straight from Shem Creek.
    — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Consider one for a bike ride along the boardwalk and a walk to the snack shack.
    — Vogue, 18 June 2019
  • When Muir last sailed through in 1899, this spot held a salmon cannery and a few shacks.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2018
  • The bodies and the two living friends were found days later in a shack.
    — CBS News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Yet the white shack at the end of its eponymous pier has only been around since 2014.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Some spent all their savings building shacks to live in the desert.
    — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
  • Make time to visit one of the famous beach shacks for fresh conch and fish tacos.
    — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The chicken is grilled to order in the open-air shack outside.
    — Kevin Revolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2019
  • What’s more, Carthage threatens to take the very shack in which Hester lives.
    — cleveland.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Across the street, someone has erected a makeshift shack.
    — Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The museum, a 200-year-old shack with a tin roof, was once Hurt’s home.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The breakfast shack in the shape of a train car on Rue du Sablon is where the 101st Airborne was stationed.
    — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 22 Dec. 2019
  • The line of tourists waiting to order at this picturesque seafood shack ran down the block.
    — New York Times, 11 June 2021
  • The small bomb is akin to most local shrimp shacks half-pound portions.
    — Michael Nagrant, RedEye Chicago, 6 July 2017
  • There’s so many little shacks along the route for lobster rolls.
    — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
  • There’s no hoopla to speak of, just a small sign and a shack that serves as the visitor’s center.
    — Will McGough, CNN, 5 July 2021
  • In the past, the camp, called San Vicente, consisted of just a few shacks in a muddy expanse, and officials often kept migrants penned inside.
    — Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025

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