muck

Example Sentences

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Osama bin Laden was leading al Qaeda, the liar loans that soon prompted the Great Recession were being issued, and our capital was awash in muck and corruption.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

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

“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

The ground is soft and marshy, cluttered in the soggy brown muck of decayed leaves, squishy lumps of moss.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day