bog down

Example Sentences

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Thousands of insurance claims from the devastating Los Angeles fires are bogged down in litigation or formal complaints.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead of getting bogged down on the day-to-day of your job, and your growing disgust for it, fixate on your bigger purpose, said Nancy Ancowitz, a career strategist, and do something to nourish that.

From Barron's

"It's a generational issue," he says, arguing they don't want to be "bogged down with this debate".

From BBC

Yet one high-ranking officer said the continent was "completely paralysed" and bogged down in debate rather than action.

From Barron's

Seventeen of his home runs came before the All-Star break, a sign of injuries bogging down his results at the plate.

From Los Angeles Times