sludgy

Example Sentences

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The previous February, 132 million gallons of black, sludgy water, heavy with mine wastes, surged through a makeshift dam and down a mountain hollow known as Buffalo Creek.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Growth is predicted to be still sludgy for years, slower than expected all the way up until 2030.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

Osbourne stretches the bit about as far as it can go as Iommi cranks out the sludgy lick that would later be sampled prominently by the Beastie Boys in their “Rhymin & Stealin.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2025

Cook over low heat under sludgy and thick; the cherries will have given up their juices.

From Salon • May 6, 2025

The sludgy lump sucks down the hole with remnant stasis gel.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera