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sludgy

[sluhj-ee] / ˈslʌdʒ i /


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We are drawn by the painting’s rich orchestration of warm and cool browns—from sludgy tan to super-charged ocher verging on sienna—and its seductive textures.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

Instead, Lovett was calf-deep in sludgy rain water flooding the streets from a sudden downpour, standing at the roll-gate of a ripped-apart warehouse.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 5, 2026

Growth is predicted to be still sludgy for years, slower than expected all the way up until 2030.

From BBC Nov. 29, 2025

Cook over low heat under sludgy and thick; the cherries will have given up their juices.

From Salon May 6, 2025

The men hooked around a rusty warehouse and turned onto a walkway suspended above a sludgy canal.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

Here, though, the number was Mr. LeBlanc’s alone, and he gave in to his sludgier impulses, his voice oozing awkwardly around the lyrics, compressing them into unintelligibility.

From New York Times Jul. 23, 2010




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