Examples of murk in a Sentence
We could not see the bottom of the lake through the murk.
a robber lying unseen in the murk
Recent Examples on the Web
White noise swirls like smoke and Kenyan guest vocalist Lord Spikeheart’s sinister laughter punctuates the murk.
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Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 25 Mar. 2026
Mueller’s inability to get to the bottom of the murk did not make the murk any less murky.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
At last, a few gleams of paving stone showed through the murk in the lane below.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
That lightless, see-through murk is dark matter.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2026
Sturridge’s hand shoots up from the murk, grasping the air and slapping the planks before his body follows.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2025
In a stream of southern China filled with plant debris, a pinkish river creature with wrinkly lips swam through the murk, perhaps searching for a meal or a mate.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Patches of unintelligibility are nothing new in Pynchon, but usually a coherent world view gleams upward from the murk.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Just beyond the thermocline, where the temperature abruptly drops, a hand emerged from the murk and grabbed me by the wrist, dragging me the last few inches to the bottom.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 25 Mar. 2026
Mueller’s inability to get to the bottom of the murk did not make the murk any less murky.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
At last, a few gleams of paving stone showed through the murk in the lane below.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
That lightless, see-through murk is dark matter.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2026
Sturridge’s hand shoots up from the murk, grasping the air and slapping the planks before his body follows.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2025
In a stream of southern China filled with plant debris, a pinkish river creature with wrinkly lips swam through the murk, perhaps searching for a meal or a mate.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Patches of unintelligibility are nothing new in Pynchon, but usually a coherent world view gleams upward from the murk.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Just beyond the thermocline, where the temperature abruptly drops, a hand emerged from the murk and grabbed me by the wrist, dragging me the last few inches to the bottom.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Murk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murk. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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murk
noun
: deep darkness or gloom
also
: fog entry 1 sense 1a
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