quicksand

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

A man has been rescued from quicksand in Morecambe Bay, in what emergency teams described as a "close call" as the tide was "rapidly pushing in".

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025

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

From Salon • May 11, 2025

Liquefaction occurs when shaking from an earthquake effectively turns the land into quicksand.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2024

“Why don’t you two show Ingrid the house. Just watch out for the hallway that eats people. And the quicksand floor. And, of course, the bathroom of doom.”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows