mud

Example Sentences

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Those roles sometimes conflict — as they did at Lake Mendocino, which dried to a mud puddle during the 2012–16 drought.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

We were on a mud road, and I saw children, aged about 7 to 14, well dressed and walking to school.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Adams, 63, who has been contacted for comment, said in October that her name had been "dragged through the mud" and that the corporation had not given her the details of the allegations.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Ms. DuBois, a feminist scholar and professor of history at University of California, Los Angeles, pulls Stanton’s reputation out of the mud by putting her words and actions into historical context.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Star, heaving and panting in a wallow of mud that was sucking her down, down.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda