How to Use mire in a Sentence

mire

1 of 2 noun

• The troops marched onward through the muck and the mire.
• Cranes had to be brought in to lift trucks full of gear out of the mire.
  — Chris Johns, SPIN, 8 Aug. 2022
• In essence, the art of connecting has been lost in the mire of the new normal.
  — Ira Bedzow, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
• Most people who have been in the mire of heartbreak will have felt pain in their body somewhere.
  — Eleanor Morgan, refinery29.com, 15 Dec. 2021
• Much of the first half confines the action to the murk, muck, mire and thrashings in the crawlspace.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2019
• Here and Now, though, dives head-first into the mire of 2018.
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2018
• Armored trucks rumble over squishy mud, combat boots trample through rain and mire.
  — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2019
• Let their dusky forms, rise up, out the mires of James Island, and give the answer.
  — Lily Rothman, Time, 12 Feb. 2018
• In scenes of mist, mire and mayhem, countless lives are lost for the gain of a few hundred yards or a single hill.
  — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
• His two goals, one of them a beauty, really dragged England out of the mire.
  — Phil Hay, New York Times, 4 July 2026
• Steady rain penetrated the jungle canopy, and along the mire, open shells of kukui nuts were half filled with water.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 11 Oct. 2019
• Vasyugan mire is found in the western plains of this large Russian region known for its extreme cold.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2021
• Moshfegh, in her fourth novel, thrives in the mire, a happy little worm sliding dirt down her gullet.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022
• Even as Andrew fell deeper into the mire, he was called on more frequently to be the queen’s plus-one.
  — Simon Usborne, Town & Country, 13 Mar. 2022
• He got bogged down in the legal and regulatory mire into which the bank was sinking.
  — Roger Lowenstein, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2020
• This is music that’s grounded in the muck and the mire of mundane existence; escape is always just out of reach.
  — Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026
• Placing their feet in a flower bed (which, being December, was nothing but a mire of mud).
  — Greg Dobbs, The Denver Post, 12 Feb. 2017
• You might be inspired by the first daffodil peeking out of the ground or wallow in a mire of unrealistic ideas.
  — Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2017
• Desperate for water, the horses trudged into the mire, too weak to extract themselves.
  — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
• That sense of levity is always welcome when digging into the muck and mire of Beckett.
  — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2017
• Wheels and treads spin and spin, only digging military vehicles deeper into the mire.
  — Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 1 May 2023
• What is clear, though, is that anyone stepping into the mayoral shoes will be tasked with steering the city through a mire of critical issues.
  — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Oct. 2020
• Napoli looked very shaky until taking the lead, and Meret was called upon a number of times to dig his team out of the mire when a goal seemed inevitable.
  — SI.com, 19 Oct. 2019
• Kate and Toby could have gone on forever in a mire of unhappiness without making a change.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2022
• But the humanity that Gidla gives to her subjects – many of whom are her own flesh and blood – keeps the book from sinking into a mire.
  — James Norton, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 July 2017
• Nasser now cast himself as someone who could elevate the campus from the mire of Falwell’s misdeeds.
  — Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2022
• However, in the mire of a match that struggled to capture the eyes of its audience, emerged a beacon of light, Coutinho.
  — SI.com, 15 Oct. 2017
• Liang Sicheng battled on through the mire, despite his near-lame leg, the result of a youthful motorbike accident.
  — Stefen Chow, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
• Most of the human drama comes from without, from the muck and mire of managerial conflicts and public-relations gaffes.
  — cleveland, 13 May 2020
• But by the 1960s, native Australian dung beetles were struggling in the mire of sticky, non-native cow pats.
  — Richard Jones, Smithsonian, 10 Jan. 2018

mire

2 of 2 verb

• We were stuck on that, mired on that for decades.
  — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
• He's mired in an 0-for-20 slump.
  — CBS News, 8 June 2026
• He's mired in an 0-for-20 slump.
  — ABC News, 9 June 2026
• Two weeks ago, he was mired in the worst slump of his career.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Dec. 2023
• Garland is mired in a 23-game goal drought.
  — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• Pretty bad is the stuff that mires a team in mediocrity.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
• This merry time of year is also mired in stress.
  — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
• With each success, we are mired further.
  — Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
• Like Venezuela, Haiti is mired in turmoil.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
• Japan’s economy is mired in a years-long malaise and the yen has been weak.
  — Maria Aspan, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
• The power play, mired in a 2-for-26 funk, scored twice.
  — Joe Smith, New York Times, 10 May 2026
• The industry has been mired in a historic slump for more than a year now.
  — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2023
• People get mired in all kinds of muck and yuck by the slop on social media.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
• For most of this decade, the Red Sox have been mired in mediocrity.
  — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 14 June 2026
• The Dodgers could weather it if their offense wasn’t mired in such a funk.
  — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
• Democrats hold both seats, and the proposal is mired in a court battle.
  — Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
• The disagreement is now mired in a court battle.
  — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
• He was mired by injury, bereft of all confidence.
  — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026
• The world is currently mired in record-setting debt.
  — Mitch Salchow, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
• Since then, the two countries have been mired in a sporadic shooting war which has killed dozens more.
  — Kevin Collier, NBC News, 25 May 2023
• Afghanistan is currently mired in a deep ‌humanitarian crisis.
  — Reuters, NBC news, 22 June 2026
• The Bears are mired in the worst six-year run in program history.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2023
• Time spent mired in fever, or in quarantine, or in recovery is not free time.
  — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
• Mohamed Salah is mired in a slump and was benched for the Frankfurt match.
  — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
• The wreckage of grief and loss all the characters have been mired in is hardly swept away.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
• Interest rates are going up, and we're mired in this war in Iran.
  — CBS News, 24 May 2026
• For about as long, the group has also been mired in controversy.
  — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 18 Mar. 2026
• Dillon was mired in the low-20s in the standings prior to his win.
  — Joseph Wolkin, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
• But Woods’ case has been mired in concerns over his mental health almost from day one.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
• This is especially true when the new guy's broadcast has been mired in third place for ages.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 6 Jan. 2026