murk

Example Sentences

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Through the murk, China’s interest in the war is important and complicated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

In the dark waters off the west coast of Scotland, a slender submarine glider, like a torpedo with wings, slips under the surface and quickly disappears off into the murk.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

Nine Inch Nails thrive in the murk of base human instinct and tech-driven dread.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

There are pinholes in the murk, apertures such as the Instagram feeds of Gaza photographers and a small number of testimonies that slip through.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2024

There was no answer beyond the suck of the pole through the murk of the river bottom.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer