wade in

Example Sentences

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The problem with wars is that when they don’t go as you planned, you have an ugly choice—end them unsatisfactorily or wade in deeper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Leaving the landing craft ashore, he described having to wade in and avoid metal obstacles which made the beach approach "rough in places".

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2024

He is my siblings’ laughter, running laps around the tide pools we’d wade in as children along the Jersey shore.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2024

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo says she is leaving the X platform because it fosters division and has become a “gigantic global sewer” that she refuses to wade in any longer.

From Washington Times • Nov. 27, 2023

I wade in deeper to where the water is clearer, but each time I move, my feet disturb the water, making it brown and hazy.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung