How to Use murky waters in a Sentence

murky waters

plural noun
  • Swimmers are advised to stay away from seals or murky waters and keep close to the shore.
    — Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
  • But the company has been in murky waters with some of its customers for years.
    — Solcyré Burga, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
  • What can people do to navigate these murky waters?
    — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Everything south of the dam was swallowed by the murky waters of the river.
    — Jędrzej Nowicki, The Atlantic, 31 July 2023
  • And just like that, New York’s coaching search veers into murky waters.
    — Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2025
  • There are far worse ways to spend a winter night than to dive into Decision's murky waters, and get lost.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Using a bot to apply for jobs before they are even publicly listed can drift into murky waters.
    — Tammy Homegardner, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Those eyes are enlarged for a reason, as the gonad will often need to navigate in murky waters.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Even in 1986, the eye-watering stench of the murky waters remained.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
  • At night both children and adults alike can be seen slogging through the murky waters with homemade nets and lights looking to harvest the slimy fish.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
  • This is a time to navigate the murky waters of change and transformation with courage and confidence.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Louisiana may be best known for its marshlands, but don't let the murky waters fool you — this state is full of stunning beaches, too.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The river ran aqua-blue and crystalline on a Monday in late March, its sometimes murky waters cleared and cooled by a spring.
    — Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Experts also recommend swimming in groups and avoiding murky waters where a shark might confuse them for marine life.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 19 Aug. 2023
  • All rooms are afforded garden views where lotus blossoms bloom in murky waters, mango trees produce sweet fruit, and orchids spring to life.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Likely too injured to swim, Torres drowned in the murky waters that wind through the east side of downtown, not far from his own neighborhood.
    — Jhair Romero, Houston Chronicle, 5 May 2026
  • The waters were so deep that some cars were almost completely submerged, and only their roofs were visible through the brown, murky waters.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
  • While scouring the murky waters off the coast of Slovenia, divers discovered a trove of ancient artifacts.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2024
  • In the meantime, businesses are left in the murky waters — hesitant to make more or ship more, unsure where to build factories or how high to raise prices.
    — Alina Selyukh, NPR, 30 May 2025
  • Avoid murky waters, harbor entrances and areas near stream mouths (especially after heavy rains), channels, or steep dropoffs.
    — ABC News, 26 May 2026
  • His mattress, still holding his 2-year-old American bully named Cash, sat barely above the murky waters.
    — Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • For years, the cold, murky waters of False Bay were home to animals that were sleek, powerful, and unmistakably apex.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • These are not quite nightmares, and not quite reveries, but images dispatched from some liminal zone between the two, which is perhaps where the murky waters of our minds run the deepest.
    — Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
  • The emergence of rookie Stephon Castle also put Vassell's role into murky waters.
    — Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The body of a sixth grade boy who fell into a creek and never resurfaced was found several hours later after a search through murky waters, Texas law officials said.
    — Rhiannon Saegert, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2025
  • But Murphy was able to navigate the murky waters and in turn propel Osceola to a successful month that saved its season.
    — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
  • During times of economic stress and technological change, companies often seek new leaders to guide them through murky waters.
    — Haniya Rae, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
  • More than 250 people were killed as murky waters submerged entire villages, destroyed roads, and inundated dams.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
  • For decades, economics worked like a sextant for navigating the murky waters of world commerce, whose mysteries could be charted if only one had the right models.
    — Jamie Merchant, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The evolution of this unusual ability to make loud noises likely played a role in the fish’s adaptation to murky waters in Myanmar.
    — Grrlscientist, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024

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