muddy

As the pre-war avant-garde’s celebration of image-breaking, violent spectacle and weird hybridizing became muddy reality in the field, the amateurs outstripped the professionals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

It’s hard to know from his palette what thrills him, or if he sees colors at all, given the film’s muddy, deadening grayscape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Fast-flowing muddy water burst the banks of 40 rivers and waterways in Guangxi, damaging nearly 13,000 acres of agricultural land, state media reported.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

“For example, after cleaning a window, I’ll let the paper towel dry and save it under the sink. Later, I use it to clean up muddy messes or pet accidents.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

"Star!" cried Rowan, struggling in Strong Jonn's arms, sobbing and beating at Strong Jonn's wet, muddy chest.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

At that point, the legal questions get even muddier.

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2025

In a statement issued through Cumbria Police, Mr and Mrs Cartmell said "Jay loved being outdoors" and "the muddier he could get the better".

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2024

Yet as the smoke cleared and the fallout from the launch became apparent, the implications—for Starship itself and SpaceX’s southern Texas Starbase launch site—grew muddier.

From Scientific American ● May 4, 2023

But waiting on construction was not an option, because as the water rises, the banks will become muddier, making it difficult for heavy equipment to maneuver.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023

The muddy trail turned into a wider, even muddier trail, with a scattering of trading stores on either side.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

This is likely due to the high silt content of the riverbed; the Yellow River—the muddiest in the world—is named for the heavy loads of silt it carries.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 10, 2022

“It’s a high road and, as all the muddiest are, both unassailable pure and also solidly earthed.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2021

On the second lap, I tripped and fell in a woodsy area coating myself with the muddiest mud.

From Golf Digest ● Sep. 11, 2019

Freedman's people are the ones with the muddiest shoes and wettest clothes, the people with the most to gain and most to lose.

From Time ● Oct. 26, 2017

The more rugged vehicles pulled on in to the muddiest sections, and the people inside would scatter to the bulldozers and backhoes that had been left outside overnight.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

This all in turn muddies the water for getting accurate state and federal case counts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

“Old inventory muddies the income statement. Cohort performance tells you that this new Opendoor 2.0 machine works.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026

"Misuse of the terminology in the media muddies the waters."

From Salon ● May 20, 2024

One of the things that muddies the picture is that xylazine is rarely found on its own.

From Slate ● May 12, 2024

It is raining mightily; strong, straight, earnest rain, that harshly lashes the meek earth, that sends angry runlets down the gravel walks, that muddies the gold goblets of the closed crocuses.

From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton

But the Iran War and its impact on inflation has muddied that picture, leaving plenty of investors braced for potential rate hikes under incoming Fed Chair Kevin Warsh.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

This is where it starts to get muddied.

From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026

Over the weekend Haseeb Hameed and Dom Sibley, two openers from England's past eyeing a recall, also made centuries which muddied the selection waters further.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

The European semiconductor picture is muddied by a 1.8% fall for Dutch advanced packaging company BE Semiconductor Industries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

The bottom is brown, like it’s been muddied.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

But recent regulatory changes are muddying this bullish narrative.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Yet the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, personal consumption expenditures, rose 0.4% in December from the prior month and 3% from a year earlier, muddying the case for rate cuts.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

It allows both parties to get the best price they believe they can afford or believe is fair without muddying the waters with personal obligations and emotional leverage.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 19, 2026

But muddying the issue is the often totally random nature of dog attacks.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025

How can you avoid muddying it up when you put it into words?

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner