muck

Example Sentences

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If sweeping appeals to our collective empathy have failed to resonate—if the public is not moved by Randy Fine’s intersectional shortcomings—maybe we are better off getting down in the muck.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

Even “when I’m in the mud and I have filled up my muck boots with mud and water, at no point have I ever thought, ‘Man I miss the office,’” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

“Like slime, sludge, and muck, slop has the wet sound of something you don’t want to touch,” the editors continued.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

Somewhere in the muck of forgettable games against the likes of Boise State and Boston College and Navy, they needed a marquee win.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2025

Terrible winds and thunderstorms had swept through Washington early that morning, dissolving the dirt streets into a sticky muck of soil and garbage.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson