sludge

The tsunami coming ashore mixed with soil, sewage, oil, and rubble to form a fast-moving black sludge.

But the other big reason is the “sludge” in the U.S. healthcare system, including questions about who pays and how technologies are integrated.

Litter was floating on top of this slow-moving sludge of sewage.

A never-ending stream of glowing sludge forced itself into the engines, whirling around the propellers, gumming them up, slowing them down, bringing them closer to the breaking point.

But on her new album, “West End Girl,” Allen is neck-deep in a tragedy, attempting to keep her head above the all-consuming black sludge of inconceivable heartbreak.