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

Clearly not all cow muck can be harvested.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

He eased both sets of arms onto the muck at the shore, press' ing each seven-fingered hand into the shine of the mud.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill