bilge

Example Sentences

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If you have ever sat at a restaurant, marveling at the bilge offered on the kids’ menu and wondering how on earth we got here, “Picky” has the answers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

It is oppressively dull work, but at least it isn’t the bilge.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022

Emily Bell of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism worried that readers might be deluged with "bilge".

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2022

Once you’re back aboard, work the bilge pump until you’ve cleared out most of the water.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2022

The rabbits had been frightened by what had happened to Acorn and to the doe, and remained squatting miserably, half in and half out of the bilge.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams