marshy

To support Henry Bacon’s Parthenon-like building and Daniel Chester French’s colossal statue, builders had to sink 122 hollow steel cylinders deep into the marshy soil to reach bedrock, then fill each pillar with concrete.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

From the pontoon, she pointed out the marshy shore and sea of pines at stake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

It will occupy an area partly covered in a marshy oasis, or "vega," which acts as a natural sponge.

From Barron's ● May 23, 2026

The council said contractors would use machinery with wide tracks to reduce damage from them to the area of wildflower grassland, marshy fen and wet woodland.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

“People build barrows in Vintas, where it’s traditional, or in low, marshy places where you can’t dig a grave. We’re probably five hundred miles away from a real barrow.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

From Nijmegen down to the Belgian border extends a marshy area which can be made marshier by flood water from two big canals which enclose it on the west and south.

From Time Magazine Archive

The land grew marshier, inlets appeared, and soon we traveled over the bridge to the island.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

After hours of searching, the woman was found in one of the deepest, marshiest areas of the preserve.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2022