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sludgy

[sluhj-ee] / ˈslʌdʒ i /


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We are drawn by the painting’s rich orchestration of warm and cool browns—from sludgy tan to super-charged ocher verging on sienna—and its seductive textures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Instead, Lovett was calf-deep in sludgy rain water flooding the streets from a sudden downpour, standing at the roll-gate of a ripped-apart warehouse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

Cook over low heat under sludgy and thick; the cherries will have given up their juices.

From Salon ● May 6, 2025

It received mixed reviews, with The New York Times calling it a "sludgy travesty", while The Express praised Smith but said the show is a "catastrophic musical misfire".

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2024

There was a sludgy black sadness at the bottom of it all.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

Here, though, the number was Mr. LeBlanc’s alone, and he gave in to his sludgier impulses, his voice oozing awkwardly around the lyrics, compressing them into unintelligibility.

From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2010




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