boggy

Example Sentences

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But T. occidentalis has qualities that some meat-eating plants share: a love of bright, boggy, nutrient-poor habitats and the absence of a gene that fine-tunes how plants get energy from light.

From Washington Post

Some Seattle-area homes have boggy backyards, while others may run hot and dry.

From Seattle Times

“Some people believe that it was very, very wet and boggy and treacherous,” Dr. Wooller said.

From New York Times

The winning time was the second slowest in the 10 women’s Olympic marathons, but time did not matter on this boggy morning.

From New York Times

The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, turning rock-hard frozen permafrost into a land of lakes, sinkholes, and boggy peat in the summer.

From National Geographic