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Recent Examples of mud Letting your garden hose slowly drip in this area or attaching a misting attachment to your hose will create the perfect patch of mud for bees to use to build their nests. —
Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2026 Because, as noted earlier, this is a get-it-out-the-mud type of guy. —Emile Nuh, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026 The Raptors, who finished with the fifth-best defense in the league, will likely try to get the Cavs in the mud for a slugfest of a series. —Andrew Greif, NBC news, 17 Apr. 2026 When the boat turned over on its side, the water was shallow in that part of the river, so the ship was stuck in the mud. —Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mud
Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2026 Because, as noted earlier, this is a get-it-out-the-mud type of guy. —Emile Nuh, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026 The Raptors, who finished with the fifth-best defense in the league, will likely try to get the Cavs in the mud for a slugfest of a series. —Andrew Greif, NBC news, 17 Apr. 2026 When the boat turned over on its side, the water was shallow in that part of the river, so the ship was stuck in the mud. —Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mud
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mud
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Crumbled sidewalks were replaced by planks that covered the sludge that concealed the ancient wood fretwork that buried the bones of the metropolis and its people.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
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The second is a 100-day sludge line that will poison the reserves oil-hungry nations are racing to drain.— Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
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Popular with airboaters, froggers and fishermen, the swampy muck beneath the water may have acted as a pincushion, essentially swallowing the disabled DC-9 aircraft.— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
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This was scooping muck from the reaches of his lungs.— Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
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On the other half, Lind had put down gravel and installed empty shipping containers and trailers suitable for potential tenants.— Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
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Set on a gravel patio and finished with a cover, a portable black metal wood-burning fire pit will create a campfire feel.— Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 21 Apr. 2026
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Traffic was heavy Saturday as concertgoers made their way to A1A, where the festival is set up on the sand at the south end of the beach.— Joan Murray, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
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Some began mining sand for the construction industry, to the frustration of the Great Green Wall department, which sees it as destructive to the environment.— Julie Bourdin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Mud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/mud. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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