muck

Example Sentences

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Football management is a precarious job, once described to me by a very experienced and knowledgeable manager as like being permanently in "muck".

From BBC

Trainer has organised a minibus for 8am to take stable staff to Aintree on Saturday after they have mucked out and ridden horses at his stables near Cardiff.

From BBC

Mud streaked with mining muck clotted the soles of our boots.

From Los Angeles Times

The Democratic National Committee welcomed Mr. Scott into the fold by saying he will be dragged into the muck of a nasty GOP primary that will force Republican candidates to cater to Mr. Trump’s base.

From Washington Times

Cattails and grasses flank the marshy banks, snags stand in the muck and Douglas fir and cedar cast shadows across the creek’s meandering bends.

From Seattle Times