muddy the waters
Example Sentences
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To muddy the waters further, another of Mark McDonald's panel of experts has said that in fact there was post-mortem evidence of air embolism in the babies.
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025
And now, at the eleventh hour, a shadowy group is barging in to muddy the waters even further.
From Slate • Oct. 29, 2024
“The defense is going to muddy the waters on whether that gun was somehow defective and maybe fired on its own or fired with a slight depress of the trigger.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2024
So, you might ask, why muddy the waters by adding a layer of difficulty and introducing a numerical scoring element?
From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2024
Perhaps Elizebeth thought that if she insisted on joint credit, she would muddy the waters.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
