sludgy

Example Sentences

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Instead, Lovett was calf-deep in sludgy rain water flooding the streets from a sudden downpour, standing at the roll-gate of a ripped-apart warehouse.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

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

The sludgy and foreboding take on electrified blues music, coupled with sci-fi stories and witch tales, laid the groundwork for decades of hard rock music across nine albums with Black Sabbath.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025

It received mixed reviews, with The New York Times calling it a "sludgy travesty", while The Express praised Smith but said the show is a "catastrophic musical misfire".

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2024

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

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera