quag

Example Sentences

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But a combination of mishaps and bungled central planning finally plunged the country into a hopeless economic quag mire that enraged the workers.

From Time Magazine Archive

I suppose he must have wrung his off hind leg in fighting through the quag.

From The Splendid Spur by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Into that quag king David once did fall, and had no doubt therein been smothered, had not HE that is able plucked him out.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John

If you go straight a-head, a bottomless quag or a precipice will bring you up all standing as sure as fate.

From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

Again, behold, on the left hand, there was a very dangerous quag, into which, if even a good man falls, he can find no bottom for his foot to stand on.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John