“The journalistic wing of intelligentsia, in particular, is largely a cesspool of venality and corruption.”

“With a good water supply, the house had a flush toilet leading to a cesspool.”

“At nudging 78, I can remember a very different society from our current cesspool of moral, social and economic decadence.”

“The two men in dark glasses descended from the truck and asked him if his toilet cesspit was full.”

“Our son found his way into a disused cesspit and then, going barefoot, picked up an infection, which required regular injections in his backside.”

“Sometimes the world looks like a total cesspit, you would hope that God would want to change that.”

“Lives running out like something foul, nightsoil from a cesspipe, a measured dripping in the dark.”

“According to Mississippi law, these facilities have to set the cesspools and barns back at least 300 feet from the property line.”

“In certain circumstances, such as dwellings where there is no suitable or viable alternative option, the use of cesspools may be acceptable.”

“There were many cesspools in the city and more in the suburbs, and slops were being emptied on to peaty land.”

“Now there are fears it could happen again in the neighbourhood, where there are known to be other redundant cesspits.”

“Trucks that used to empty cesspits and septic tanks can no longer be used due to a lack of tyres, batteries and other spare parts.”

“The Thames was a polluted mess and cesspits within the city were a constant source of contamination.”