bog

Example Sentences

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Instead of getting bogged down on the day-to-day of your job, and your growing disgust for it, fixate on your bigger purpose, said Nancy Ancowitz, a career strategist, and do something to nourish that.

From Barron's

"It's a generational issue," he says, arguing they don't want to be "bogged down with this debate".

From BBC

Yet one high-ranking officer said the continent was "completely paralysed" and bogged down in debate rather than action.

From Barron's

Owen was so lost in thought he didn’t see the flat, ice-covered bog ahead of them until George changed course to go around it.

From Literature

Seventeen of his home runs came before the All-Star break, a sign of injuries bogging down his results at the plate.

From Los Angeles Times