muck

Example Sentences

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Football management is a precarious job, once described to me by a very experienced and knowledgeable manager as like being permanently in "muck".

From BBC

All night, they shook muck from the nets, sorting out their prizes: wriggling, transparent baby eels, each no thicker than a vermicelli noodle.

From New York Times

He guessed there were dozens living amid the muck and reeds.

From Los Angeles Times

The Connecticut Huskies found themselves in the muck Saturday, toiling through an uneven first half against the Gonzaga Bulldogs in an Elite Eight showdown in which two premier offenses were slow to get going.

From Washington Post

But gorehounds, myself among them, appreciate a studio playing around in the muck.

From New York Times