bog

Example Sentences

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Anything would be better than trotting out another bog standard pro sports salute to the troops that year.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

They won't bog themselves down with the permutations, for wins against Ireland are thin on the ground for Scotland.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

The expedited processing works by stripping away many of the discretionary review processes that typically bog down housing projects: City Council hearings, environmental reports, neighborhood outreach meetings, etc.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

“North” was a galvanizing book for its bog poems as well as sequences such as “Singing School” and “Whatever You Say Say Nothing”:

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

I had a vague memory of how I got there, of trudging back through the bog.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides