: consisting of, containing, resembling, or being a bog: swampy, marshy
boggy land
Beyond the neighborhood lies a boggy expanse of cordgrass …—Sarah Schweitzer
… there was no trail, and it was boggy underfoot, which made walking difficult.—E. B. White
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Experts believe the prior surveys likely failed because the boggy landscape was first forested in the 19th century, then recently cleared.—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2025 Introduction In a tournament compromised by wet weather and therefore boggy pitches, hosts West Germany were not overwhelmingly popular winners.—Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025 Plants thrive in moist soil, and unlike other magnolias, sweet bay tolerates wet, boggy conditions, heavy clay, and salt.—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 June 2025 Northport back then was a small fishing village—at one point, the mayor was also the funeral director—with boggy wetlands and rocky bluffs overlooking the bay.—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 26 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for boggy
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