mud flat

Example Sentences

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The second car drove up onto a mud flat, and its two passengers eventually rescued.

From Reuters • Aug. 11, 2023

But the submarine spent many years unused, docked in New London before eventually being abandoned on a mud flat near Old Saybrook.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2023

Some residents fear being left with a stinking mud flat once the dam is gone, but in fact, dormant seeds quickly become trees, shrubs and grasses.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2020

To reach the current water level you must climb down the rocks, cross a busy main road, make your way through a thicket of marshy plants and trek across a yawning mud flat.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2016

The tide was coming in and the mud flat had shrunk to the width of a path.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman