mud

Example Sentences

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"There is a Buddhist saying that the lotus blooms from the mud," Lee said.

From Barron's

In court on Thursday, Hartley said the allegation she had lied under oath had dragged her reputation "through the mud".

From BBC

The green grass had disappeared, and their boots were beginning to sink slightly into the mud.

From Literature

She’s learned to conceive her pieces considering that in his movies real water, mud, snow and fake blood might be in play.

From Los Angeles Times

For years Atlantic Alumina has been stockpiling so-called red mud, left over from converting bauxite into alumina, the table-saltlike material that is turned into aluminum in a smelter.

From The Wall Street Journal