boggy

Example Sentences

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"The hills look burnt," he said, adding that peatland, usually wet and boggy, "is now crunchy" underfoot.

From BBC • May 20, 2025

"All of this open water is down to the beavers," Peter Burgess of the Devon Wildlife Trust tells me as we splash our way through the boggy land.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2025

The outfield is decidedly boggy out there as the Pears openers knock the ball around.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2024

The story of the Netherlands’ long struggles against excess water is written all over its boggy landscape.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022

And so the Bog created a Body: a great Beast that walked out of the Bog on its own strong, boggy legs.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill