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as in darkened
being without light or without much light I didn't like walking around the murky campground without a flashlight
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as in dark
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer the murky shadows of the cemetery
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as in hazy
filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension skies made murky from the smoke of forest fires that were many miles to the west
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as in ambiguous
having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning a murky reply to a question about his intentions
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as in vague
not seen or understood clearly a gubernatorial candidate with a murky position on the hot-button issue of capital punishment
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Recent Examples of murky Details in a crash involving a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police cruiser early Tuesday morning remain murky after the police department declined to answer questions. —
Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026 Ahead, our experts break down what’s legal, what’s murky, and how best to initiate a conversation with your neighbor to avoid confrontations down the road. —Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 18 Apr. 2026 Musk has indicated the company may look to boost fleet sales to commercial customers in response to questions about Cybertruck’s murky prospects. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026 An opportunity or offer could look exciting at first glance, but the details could be murky. —Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for murky
Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026 Ahead, our experts break down what’s legal, what’s murky, and how best to initiate a conversation with your neighbor to avoid confrontations down the road. —Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 18 Apr. 2026 Musk has indicated the company may look to boost fleet sales to commercial customers in response to questions about Cybertruck’s murky prospects. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026 An opportunity or offer could look exciting at first glance, but the details could be murky. —Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for murky
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In the darkened foyer, Ember contemplated this unassuming bit of paper, momentarily paralyzed by a mixture of dread and excitement stirred together, an overpowering sensation that oozed from the crown of her head, down the length of her body, then hardened, like a soft golden resin becoming solid.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
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As scientists often find darkened teeth in ancient burials, other factors can contribute to a black appearance, notably the chewing of betel leaves.— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 14 Feb. 2026
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Set dark green pieces aside separately.— Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Apr. 2026
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Thanks to its high altitude and exceptionally dark skies, this location offers stunning views of the Milky Way and countless stars.— Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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Smoke from the fires has drifted far beyond South Georgia, with residents in Atlanta and across the metro area reporting a strong smell of burning and hazy skies.— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
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North and central Georgia are also expected to see hazy skies as smoke from fires in northern Florida and southern Georgia is carried northward, according to the National Weather Service in Atlanta.— Julia Gomez, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
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The problem with the exhibition is not the works of art on view, but its ambiguous premise, its unwillingness to define its terms and approach the Lost Cause with historical clarity.— Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
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The services can analyze all sorts of things, from the specific — such as a hotel bill that exceeded a preset limit — to the more ambiguous, such as whether a lawyer’s description of a task was too vague to be worthy of payment.— Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
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The exact reasons are often left vague, and the successors to be determined, but people are leaving.— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
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The exact reason remains vague, but some widespread cultural practice occurred across Central Europe.— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026
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At first glance, AI companions for lonely seniors can seem dystopian, looking less like innovation than a bleak sign of social failure.— Catherine Thorbecke, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
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Things are impossibly bleak for the Rockets, which were without Kevin Durant for the second game this series.— Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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There’s something so edgy and industrial about this set, which pairs silver chrome accent nails with black cutout tips, stripes, and misty gray polish.— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026
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To the left of Castor and Pollux lies the constellation Cancer, the crab, the core of which plays host to the 100-strong stellar population of the Beehive Cluster (M44), which is visible as a small, misty patch of light on moonless nights.— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2026
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But even in its most opposing moments, from its depths of disintegration to its peaks of pattern-building, Spirals/Viral has a cryptic unity.— Reed Jackson, SPIN, 24 Apr. 2026
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George traces mentalism back to the Oracle of Delphi in ancient Greece, who purported to deliver divine — and cryptic — messages from Apollo.— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Murky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/murky. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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