How to Use muddy in a Sentence

muddy

1 of 2 adjective
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  • The waves that stood at his doorstep a week ago are now a muddy walk away.
    — Lori Hinnant, Sam McNeil, Illia Novikov, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2023
  • The dance floor — a slab of concrete in a stranger’s muddy backyard.
    — Janice Llamoca, refinery29.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The fish dwell on muddy ocean floors deeper than 650 feet.
    — Audrey McAvoy, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • And the modus operandi is to get the books pulled off the shelves, because the process for review is very muddy.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Her life was thrown into the muddy waters of wait lists.
    — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
  • The world of this Great Expectations is gross and stinky and muddy and vile.
    — Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
  • There is space underneath the load floor to store muddy or wet items, though.
    — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 14 July 2023
  • The larger the lugs, the better the shoe will perform in muddy or snowy conditions.
    — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The floors were muddy throughout, including in the kitchen and shower.
    — Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Here’s some to look for: Vestibule: The vestibule is a covered porch outside your tent for your muddy shoes, bags, gear, etc.
    — Lindsey Lapointe, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
  • The tide drained slowly, bringing wedding pots and pans and lanterns to rest gently on the muddy ground.
    — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Murky trap drums and slurred flows add to the muddy kaleidoscope of emotions that both artists cycle through in the song.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The phone landed in a grassy, muddy area, as can be seen in the video inlet within his TikTok.
    — Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The road was often pockmarked with muddy tractor tracks and clumps of hay and manure.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • Then the next day their mom was sending me a video of them riding horses and splashing around in a muddy corn field.
    — Marissa G. Muller, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
  • Northeast of the dam, the reservoir has turned into a barren, muddy plain stretching to the horizon.
    — Jędrzej Nowicki, The Atlantic, 31 July 2023
  • Outside, the crops stretching to the horizon would soon be heading down the muddy river to the Gulf of Mexico.
    — USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Moving the structures to shore, which is snowless and muddy, was not an option.
    — Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The video showed Allen’s mother, Judy Riley, standing on the shore of a muddy river, sobbing.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
  • Fred Mitchell started to put on a pair of rain boots, intent on saving a wooden desk in his muddy garage.
    — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • At a split in the muddy track, a handwritten sign indicated that Baú Village was to the left.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Out came the wall-to-wall carpet that was ill-suited to the muddy locale; in went wipeable porcelain tile that looks like wood.
    — Laura Fenton, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • As if these weren't enough to win me over, the sticky rubber outsoles also boost their tread, even if the path is a little wet or muddy.
    — Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Even after a few muddy encounters, the collar proved easy to wash.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
  • As the water is drained, crews working on boats will also spray fire hoses to wash away muddy silt and send it downstream.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • But damp and muddy ground left over from recent rains didn't dampen the spirit at the gathering.
    — The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Kate even stood near a pair of muddy cleats on the locker room floor, as seen in photos shared on the rugby team on Instagram.
    — Esc, Peoplemag, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Across a gurgling brook, up a muddy slope, over mossy tree limbs, through a tangle of brambles and vines, the dogs covered acres of terrain.
    — Bernhard Warner, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Jimmy Doom was soaked and muddy after killing zombies all day in a driving rain.
    — Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2024
  • As the fire scorched the area, all these materials sunk into the muddy river water below.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
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muddy

2 of 2 verb
  • The flooding muddied the roads.
  • She muddied the color by adding some brown.
  • The debate further muddied the issues.
  • The defense should be able to muddy this game up and help the Bears get back on track entering their week off.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2020
  • To muddy the waters even more, Hurts played in the Reese’s Senior Bowl with a split helmet.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 23 Jan. 2023
  • That what – If your child gets in trouble, that does not muddy my waters.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Any of the other things that might’ve muddied their mind at different times, that stuff was gone.
    — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 27 Jan. 2020
  • And there’s no context to know outside of those things that would muddy the waters.
    — Bruce Schneier, Wired, 19 Apr. 2021
  • But what about when artists lie, or muddy the waters for their own reasons?
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
  • And the net change can muddy the fact that there are losses as well as gains, plus costs related to the transition.
    — Michael Lynch, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Even then, Trump tried to muddy the waters a bit on Coney Barrett's behalf.
    — Joel Mathis, The Week, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Now, they have been instructed to muddy them only on game day.
    — Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • And not only are there new guidelines for when and how to muddy the balls, but also for how the balls should be stored until they are used in a game.
    — Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • But as the game wore on, U-M's defensive tackles were able to muddy up the pocket from the middle, and that freed Hutchinson to tee off even more.
    — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2021
  • The downpour muddies the water’s surface, but not the joy of sharing a rainy day with gentle giants.
    — Robin Soslow, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The shaky finances of coal plants and their banks also muddy the water for Beijing on tough, quick action against the fuel.
    — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 19 July 2021
  • Beinart is hardly alone in allowing moralism to muddy his thinking about the world.
    — Damon Linker, TheWeek, 9 Dec. 2020
  • To further muddy the waters, many of the studies in the original research are ancient in tech terms.
    — WIRED, 23 Sep. 2023
  • This was Monday, after a weekend of rain had muddied the river.
    — Gregg Doyel indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 6 July 2023
  • But star power can cut both ways; the strike is about pay minimums, and protests by elite actors could muddy the message.
    — Brooks Barnes, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
  • An upcoming changing of the guard in Tehran also may muddy the waters.
    — Washington Post, 29 June 2021
  • Tight end is muddied a bit by injuries, whereas the wide receiver battle has been more so changed by them.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Aug. 2023
  • But for many, the rooting interest is muddied this go-round by the addition of Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.
    — Adam Schupak, Indianapolis Star, 19 May 2020
  • Most experts believe a Ukrainian attack will take place after the spring rains, which cause flooding and muddy the dirt roads in Ukraine.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 May 2023
  • Thomas recommends waiting for a clear night; clouds muddy the sky and can obscure the auroras.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, National Geographic, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Democrats have called the lawsuits baseless efforts to muddy the election outcome.
    — Chris Strohm, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Now Republicans want to ignore what happened, or worse, to muddy the truth with more false claims about who were the patriots and who were not.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2021
  • But their potential to delay or muddy the outcomes of close races could add a new measure of volatility to the tally.
    — Michael Wines, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Yet stormy waters, muddied by low box office numbers, writer strikes, and the company’s heavy debt load could still make this a turbulent year.
    — Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Those plot mechanics wind up muddying the waters too much, even if they’re meant to underscore how wartime traumas can be extremely hard to shake off — to the point that everyone becomes some kind of victim.
    — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024

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