muck

Example Sentences

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"We need the tractor to be scraping up the muck, to feed the animals, for hedge-cutting and we've also started putting the fertilizer out," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Laura Stacey’s quote flags Canada’s strategy: muck it up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 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

For nigh on two weeks, our clothes have seen neither water nor soap, and they are now considerably enstyed by the muck of the deck and the contagions of the air.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson