sludgy

Example Sentences

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We are drawn by the painting’s rich orchestration of warm and cool browns—from sludgy tan to super-charged ocher verging on sienna—and its seductive textures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

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

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

“A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” is sticky sweet and sludgy and so cloyingly aesthetic that the roadkill bleeds ropes of twee entrails.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

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

From Salon • May 6, 2025

And now Bryson was sitting alone on the living room floor, trying to swallow sludgy oats and forget it all.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds