quicksand

Example Sentences

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The half-submerged mammoth sculpture in the museum’s iconic outdoor Lake Pit gives the common but inaccurate impression that the tar worked like quicksand, sucking its victims fatally downward.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

"Everything changes," he said, adding "It seems like quicksand."

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

We’re sinking into a quicksand of tiny, dumb administrative tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

For the next eight years, as if submerging into quicksand, I sank deeper into debt.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

Just like the Sands of Asase, the ground becomes quicksand.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer