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

The smog season regularly did a number on our mile-high mountains, wrapping them in a brown cloak of invisibility until wind and rain swept the sludge away.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

For the purposes of “Crime 101,” that thoroughfare is reimagined as a quick escape route rather than the choked pipeline of sludge more familiar from reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Worse even than the petrified pellets was the foul-smelling canned sludge they seemed to think was a treat for me.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth