mud flat

Example Sentences

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The second car drove up onto a mud flat, and its two passengers eventually rescued.

From Reuters • Aug. 11, 2023

The indentations, pressed into the mud as people and animals walked across stretches of tidal mud flat, were baked in the sun and buried for millennia.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2022

Some residents fear being left with a stinking mud flat once the dam is gone, but in fact, dormant seeds quickly become trees, shrubs and grasses.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2020

Sandpipers fluttered over a mud flat; a kingfisher cut across the river.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2019

Jemmy watched the prince slowly raise himself off the mud flat.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman