sludgy

Example Sentences

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The previous February, 132 million gallons of black, sludgy water, heavy with mine wastes, surged through a makeshift dam and down a mountain hollow known as Buffalo Creek.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

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

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

Osbourne stretches the bit about as far as it can go as Iommi cranks out the sludgy lick that would later be sampled prominently by the Beastie Boys in their “Rhymin & Stealin.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2025

The sludgy and foreboding take on electrified blues music, coupled with sci-fi stories and witch tales, laid the groundwork for decades of hard rock music across nine albums with Black Sabbath.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 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