swampy

Example Sentences

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Their breath was believed to poison the air and suffocate the land, especially in swampy regions where disease was common.

From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026

The sun is setting over Ilubirin, a half-finished housing estate being constructed on sand-filled land reclaimed from the swampy Lagos lagoon.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

With worries about the spread of gun ownership in his head, Fogerty devised one of his eeriest productions for this swampy psych-rock number.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025

The backing band adds layers of skronk and sweat to the chugging machine, eschewing the neat-as-a-pin style of their U.K. counterparts for something suitably swampy, a bit less on-the-level.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2025

That all my plans for the summer are just plain stupid, and Tyler Croft is right about me being a swampy good-for-nothing.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick