How to Use shack in a Sentence

shack

noun
  • Aaron made the shack a better place!
    — Abigail Adams, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Is this white shack with a smoke stains on the cinderblock the right place?
    — Joan Niesen and Laken Litman, SI.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Walk into a crowded beach shack, a trade show or a sales pitch.
    — Sahil Gandhi, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Some spent all their savings building shacks to live in the desert.
    — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
  • The river’s fury breached the paddle shack near the noon hour.
    — Chuck Gibson, Cincinnati.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • There’s so many little shacks along the route for lobster rolls.
    — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
  • Lots of little mill shacks and people who worked hard, played hard.
    — Jody Rosen, Smithsonian, 14 June 2018
  • The small bomb is akin to most local shrimp shacks half-pound portions.
    — Michael Nagrant, RedEye Chicago, 6 July 2017
  • 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
  • Make time to visit one of the famous beach shacks for fresh conch and fish tacos.
    — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The crew noticed that the door had been ripped off the shack where the man was staying.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2021
  • Most schools take place in mud huts or shacks shared by dozens of young men, away from public glare.
    — ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Most schools take place in mud huts or shacks shared by dozens of young men, away from public glare.
    — Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • On a busy day like July 4, one shack might see two dozen lost kids.
    — Curbed Editors, Curbed, 23 June 2026
  • So much for living in a 300-square-foot shack in the woods.
    — Tj MacIas, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The bodies and the two living friends were found days later in a shack.
    — CBS News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The chicken is grilled to order in the open-air shack outside.
    — Kevin Revolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The area had featured multiple shacks built out of wood and tarps.
    — Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • All of us piled into one wooden shack that was built as an outpost.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Consider one for a bike ride along the boardwalk and a walk to the snack shack.
    — Vogue, 18 June 2019
  • Eye in the Sky Want to check the snowfall around the old ski shack?
    — Bob Parks, WIRED, 1 Jan. 1999
  • Because of its small size, customers won’t be able to go inside the shack.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The shack where Dom and Bruno spent the last night before they were killed.
    — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2022
  • In the years since, the Smith shack has grown still more character-rich.
    — Star Tribune, 26 Sep. 2020
  • The now-64-year-old farmer continues to live in the same shack.
    — Rob Perez, ProPublica, 26 Nov. 2022
  • The line of tourists waiting to order at this picturesque seafood shack ran down the block.
    — New York Times, 11 June 2021
  • This seafood shack is the perfect place to find fresh shrimp straight from Shem Creek.
    — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2023
  • Marie and her mother live in a shack under the willows by a river.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
  • 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
  • Firefighters found the boat shack at the end of the pier fully engulfed.
    — Bay City News, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024

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