Examples of quicksand in a Sentence

freed from the quicksands of war mired in the quicksand of credit card debt

Recent Examples on the Web As an example, Lindsey cites the sculpture of a Columbian mammoth sinking into the Lake Pit outside the La Brea Tar Pits Museum—a portrayal that could perpetuate the misconception that asphalt pools were like quicksand. — Sam Jones, Scientific American, 10 Mar. 2022 In 2021 Citizens Advice warned that BNPL borrowing can be like quicksand – easy to slip into and difficult to get out of. — Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 20 Feb. 2022 Quite unique, the theta variant spreads via quicksand. — Nate Odenkirk, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022 While the drama triangle operates like quicksand in the workplace, miring even uninvolved bystander employees into drama, there is an antidote. — Lynne Curry | Alaska Workplace, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Jan. 2022 The election also lacked a constitutional basis and rested on legal quicksand, experts said. — New York Times, 21 Dec. 2021 Nagy had to answer for all that went wrong as the Bears — on the doorstep of a relieving victory — again found a way to slip on a banana peel, fall into a pit of quicksand and get stuck directly under a cloud of falling anvils. — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 22 Nov. 2021 The rest of us were mired in the quicksand of limbo. — New York Times, 18 Dec. 2021 And right now, the condition of contemporary life is to shepherd entire generations into this spiritual quicksand. — Chris Hayes, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2021 See More

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