sludge

Example Sentences

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If anything, after a few days spent dipping my T. rex hands into the cool primordial sludge of the dinosaur fandom, Panella’s sentiment feels like an understatement.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

"We can't show directly that that's happening, but we think it's a reasonable way that they could be winding up in the air. Sewage sludge fertilizers have been shown to release similar compounds."

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026

This was a leader who rolled up his sleeves and stacked sandbags alongside firemen and volunteers, when toxic red sludge from a bauxite mine engulfed a Hungarian valley and threatened the Danube shore in 2010.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

The book, co-authored by the brand’s founder, is a pointed history of commercial pet food that leaves the reader uneasy that their dog might be consuming toxic sludge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

I was pretty dirty, but I couldn’t smell anything over the rancid odor of the trolls and their sludge.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff