clog up

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“If a well stays shut too long, it could clog up, and the oil hardens a bit. Then it would take even longer before they can start it back up,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

And it’s not as if those proposals clog up the annual meeting proxy — for this year’s meeting, only four proposals will be submitted to shareholder votes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2024

But there is still a risk that large numbers lodging appeals will clog up the system sufficiently to delay and frustrate their removal.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024

Downs has also been studying what things in the blood and skin could "clog" up the sensors and reduce their accuracy over time.

From Science Daily • Oct. 3, 2023

The likelihood of any given person being killed in a terrorist attack is far smaller than the likelihood that the same person will clog up his arteries with fatty food and die of heart disease.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt