muck

Example Sentences

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Laura Stacey’s quote flags Canada’s strategy: muck it up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

If sweeping appeals to our collective empathy have failed to resonate—if the public is not moved by Randy Fine’s intersectional shortcomings—maybe we are better off getting down in the muck.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

"I am so happy to be away from all the muck," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

“Like slime, sludge, and muck, slop has the wet sound of something you don’t want to touch,” the editors continued.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

At the edge of the swamp, standing right on the fringe of flowering reeds growing out of the muck, a very old woman leaned on a gnarled staff.

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