: 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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August is the rainy season, and the countryside was boggy.—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 19 May 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 Don't plant hydrangeas in wet clay or a boggy spot that never dries out.—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2025 Thursday’s news that Amazon had struck a deal with Bond rights holders Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson to seize creative control of the franchise means the longtime boggy stalemate between the two parties is over, and the new Bond will assuredly move forward.—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for boggy
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