How to Use muddy in a Sentence

muddy

1 of 2 adjective
  • Now look at it here – so big and wide and muddy.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 31 May 2026
  • Wear closed-toe shoes and clothes that can get muddy/wet.
    — Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Wear closed-toe shoes and clothes that can get muddy/wet.
    — Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The waves that stood at his doorstep a week ago are now a muddy walk away.
    — Lori Hinnant, Sam McNeil, Illia Novikov, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2023
  • Maybe get a little bit wet and muddy on your hike.
    — Annie Daly, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2026
  • And look, the rose garden was a muddy mess.
    — ABC News, 10 Aug. 2025
  • The mountain bike trails are a muddy churn with hour-long queues at the top.
    — Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Over time, those signals get muddy.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Feb. 2026
  • All that remains is a vague imprint in the muddy ground.
    — ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • The thought is feeling dizzy and messy and muddy and tired but still flying.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • And in rain, the muddy dirt roads threaten to swallow your car.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • There is space underneath the load floor to store muddy or wet items, though.
    — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 14 July 2023
  • The dance floor — a slab of concrete in a stranger’s muddy backyard.
    — Janice Llamoca, refinery29.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Western thought tells us that the journey needn’t be muddy.
    — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • Its barbs are muddy brown with faint metallic highlights.
    — Douglas Goodwin, The Conversation, 1 June 2026
  • The miners were muddy and shaken, but alive.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 31 May 2026
  • The larvae develop in muddy or moist soils or places such as tree holes.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
  • The boots have deep, high-traction treads that grip muddy ground, mixed terrain, and even ice.
    — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
  • But the evidence in this case was as muddy as the side of your Turo car.
    — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Many fly ash or slag substitutes turn concrete a dark, muddy grey.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026
  • Let’s get the word out, even amid the muddy waters of the legal dramas.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 2 June 2026
  • There are a lot of muddy boots and many guttering candles.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • An elephant's muddy footprint is on a wooden pole of the fence, pushed to the ground.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 16 May 2026
  • The muddy ground squished beneath dancing feet as hands reached toward the night sky.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 14 June 2026
  • The goal is to look for a blue that has an undertone of some kind, such as a muddy gray-blue or sea foam.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Video from the province showed entire streets turned into muddy rivers, with cars and homes swept away.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2025
  • One pet parent shopper shared how within one hour of putting down this quilt, their muddy dog got all over it.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026
  • One pet parent shopper shared how within one hour of putting down this quilt, their muddy dog got all over it.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2026
  • And the modus operandi is to get the books pulled off the shelves, because the process for review is very muddy.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Unpacking wet and muddy gear at the end is always the most dreadful part of the whole trip.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2026

muddy

2 of 2 verb
  • The flooding muddied the roads.
  • She muddied the color by adding some brown.
  • The debate further muddied the issues.
  • That muddies the path to rate cuts in the short term.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 10 May 2026
  • The bass doesn’t muddy up the track either.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2026
  • But what about when artists lie, or muddy the waters for their own reasons?
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Whitmer has not muddied her hands all that much in the course of the budget talks.
    — Isabella Volmert, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Now, they have been instructed to muddy them only on game day.
    — Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • And there’s no context to know outside of those things that would muddy the waters.
    — Bruce Schneier, Wired, 19 Apr. 2021
  • That what – If your child gets in trouble, that does not muddy my waters.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Resist the urge to stir or spread, which will muddy the layers and mess with the texture.
    — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2026
  • Sometimes the opinions of people can muddy your own thoughts.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Any of the other things that might’ve muddied their mind at different times, that stuff was gone.
    — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 27 Jan. 2020
  • It isn't muddied by anything else or other flavors.
    — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2026
  • And to muddy the waters even more, Mega boxes are still a question mark.
    — Corey Merriman, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • The defense should be able to muddy this game up and help the Bears get back on track entering their week off.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Tight end is muddied a bit by injuries, whereas the wide receiver battle has been more so changed by them.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Beinart is hardly alone in allowing moralism to muddy his thinking about the world.
    — Damon Linker, TheWeek, 9 Dec. 2020
  • But now some of the world’s most prominent hotel brands are muddying the waters.
    — Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2025
  • And the net change can muddy the fact that there are losses as well as gains, plus costs related to the transition.
    — Michael Lynch, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • This was Monday, after a weekend of rain had muddied the river.
    — Gregg Doyel indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 6 July 2023
  • In the state’s view, that weakens or muddies the legal boundary between the two types of gambling venues.
    — Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • But star power can cut both ways; the strike is about pay minimums, and protests by elite actors could muddy the message.
    — Brooks Barnes, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
  • What remains a bit muddied, however, is who the coaching staff favors.
    — Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
  • Democrats have called the lawsuits baseless efforts to muddy the election outcome.
    — Chris Strohm, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2020
  • The downpour muddies the water’s surface, but not the joy of sharing a rainy day with gentle giants.
    — Robin Soslow, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Thomas recommends waiting for a clear night; clouds muddy the sky and can obscure the auroras.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, National Geographic, 4 Aug. 2020
  • An upcoming changing of the guard in Tehran also may muddy the waters.
    — Washington Post, 29 June 2021
  • And not only are there new guidelines for when and how to muddy the balls, but also for how the balls should be stored until they are used in a game.
    — Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • And sure, the storylines have become dull and muddied by having too many characters.
    — Colleen Kratofil, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025

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