sludge

Example Sentences

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Images taken at the time revealed that the waterway, which runs alongside the property, had risen to dangerous levels and was filled with sludge and debris.

From MarketWatch

In the open sewer outside, plastic bags and bottles drift through charcoal-grey sludge, its stench thick in the air.

From BBC

Residents at the time described seeing slurry carrying "trees and big boulders", and buildings left deep in sludge and mud.

From BBC

Splotches of mysterious sludge stick to the stone floor.

From Literature

According to the victims' lawyers, BHP was aware that toxic sludge was accumulating at at the facility in Minas Gerais state north of Rio de Janeiro at rates that far exceeded the annual limit.

From Barron's