mired

Mired in ideological warfare, America faces her most formidable opponent yet— herself.

On some issues, Puck was so mired in its own times that the commentary is redundant.

For days, New York Times columnist Alessandra Stanley has been mired in controversy.

But his asylum was rejected, thanks to the blurring of lines that intelligence assets are often mired in.

But, as 2014 rolled around, Detroit was mired in an unprecedented citywide bankruptcy.

But oh, the thousands and thousands of mere mortals that are mired in their ruts and no longer even plan to climb out!

Its bed was so muddy that two of the pack-horses were mired, but were finally brought out.

The boy's mount had mired one foot in a quicksand pocket and had gone down on its knees.

His huge paws supported him where another dog would have been hopelessly mired.

Had some of our horses mired—general complaint of like nature.