mucky

Soon after completion of the work, the coating began to peel off and algae turned the pool's water a mucky green -- setbacks the president has blamed on vandals, without providing evidence.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

Mr. Paré-Poupart is in his element when describing the men with whom he’s worked, misfits all yet high-functioning pros in the mucky métier they’ve chosen for themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

The trees won’t take in wetlands, in mucky soils.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

I waded a long way out, til the bottom grew mucky and seaweed tickled my legs, then submerged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

The path was here rocky, there carpeted with pine needles, occasionally damp and mucky where tiny springs trickled across.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Just don’t bring the muckier parts of it inside to build up and contaminate our homes.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2022

After growing up in the gloomy North and slogging through Westeros’s muckier precincts with the Hound, she arrived in summery Braavos like a little bloodthirsty Mary Richards, thrilling in her newfound freedom.

From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2015

I want to see the muckiest film advertised.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2013

This six-ply tire has a unique tread design that's made to last and last while chomping away at the muckiest of mud.

From Time Magazine Archive

The 589 is lightweight, which means it steers easily and doesn't put as much strain on your quad's drivetrain, and it really eats up the muckiest of mud.

From Time Magazine Archive

I've been stopping at the cheapest and muckiest boarding-house in the place, and in a mortal funk all the time lest you should see me going in and out.

From Here and Hereafter by Pain, Barry

"I was just wondering which was the muckiest, Mr. St. Vincent or you—or myself, with whom you have both been cheek by jowl."

From A Daughter of the Snows by London, Jack