quag

Example Sentences

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But a combination of mishaps and bungled central planning finally plunged the country into a hopeless economic quag mire that enraged the workers.

From Time Magazine Archive

So he saw more perfectly the ditch that was on the one hand, and the quag that was on the other; also how narrow the way was which led between them both.

From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Wells, Philip P.

That was a place of wailings, And the grisly things of Death,— The bare black arms of the trees above, And the black quag underneath.

From Bees in Amber A Little Book of Thoughtful Verse by Oxenham, John

Into that quag king David once did fall, and had no doubt therein been smothered, had not HE that is able plucked him out.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John

Bene, satis, male,— Where was I with my trope 'bout one in a quag?

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn