quicksand

Example Sentences

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That early access gave Xi a front-row seat to the raw mechanics of military power—and taught him that the commander who doesn’t fully control the generals is a leader standing on quicksand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

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

From Salon • May 11, 2025

Newcastle could, and should, have added more as they simply over-powered a Liverpool team who looked like they were running in quicksand, this loss compounding the midweek Champions League exit against PSG on penalties.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2025

Throughout it all, as if battling to emerge from quicksand, Blanchett commits to Lilith’s fierce nonchalance.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2024

Horsemen, riding very swiftly, had indeed been sighted: still far behind but gaining on the Orcs, gaining on them like a tide over the flats on folk straying in a quicksand.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien