How to Use muddle in a Sentence

muddle

1 of 2 verb

• Injuries on both sides muddle things a bit.
  — The Athletic College Basketball Staff, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
• That’s muddling the outlook for rate cuts.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
• Nobody wants to muddle their way through a bunch of jargon.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
• This muddled the entire process.
  — Tony East, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
• What was meant to be constructive ends up muddled.
  — George Bradt, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• In a mixing glass, muddle the mint leaves over the simple syrup and lime juice.
  — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 20 Aug. 2021
• The election result was muddled from the start.
  — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
• Add lime pieces to shaker tin and muddle to get as much juice out as possible.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 13 May 2021
• The action gets a little muddled in this section of the book.
  — Shawna Seed, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
• The problem is all the blockers that muddle the path to value.
  — Shawn Herring, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
• Gently muddle simple syrup and mint leaves in a silver julep cup.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 7 Mar. 2022
• In a metal cup, gently muddle the mint into the peach liqueur.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2021
• In a shaker tin, muddle the strawberry with agave syrup and lemon juice.
  — Gabrielle Nicole Pharms, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 July 2022
• Any longer and the words muddle together; the image turns to mush.
  — Kevin Kelly, WIRED, 17 Nov. 2022
• Twist and rub the basil leaves in your hands to muddle before dropping them into the glass.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 20 July 2021
• In a julep cup, rocks glass or a Collins glass, gently muddle the mint and simple syrup.
  — Washington Post, 2 May 2022
• That has muddled the overall picture.
  — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 21 Feb. 2026
• In the bottom of a rocks glass, muddle 3 blueberries and cilantro leaves.
  — Dallas News, 5 June 2020
• But, really, there was nothing to be done for it but to muddle forward.
  — Erik Hedegaard, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2021
• In a tall glass, gently muddle an additional three to five mint leaves.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2021
• In a metal cup, gently muddle the mint into the simple syrup.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 25 June 2022
• Epicurious suggests pulling out your pin to crush spices or ice and even muddle herbs for drinks.
  — Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2021
• In a cocktail shaker, muddle the slices of pepper in the sugar.
  — M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 8 July 2020
• Fog-laden marine layers also muddle the mix.
  — Crai S Bower, Outside, 18 Dec. 2025
• Still, economists say the report could be more than a little muddled this time around.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
• In a small bowl or Julep cup, lightly muddle the mint leaves with the sugar or simple syrup.
  — Beth Dooley Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 28 Apr. 2021
• Use a muddler to muddle the mint, juice and syrup combination.
  — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 July 2020
• But, for hundreds of years, the felony-murder doctrine has muddled this conceit.
  — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• The Filoni/Favreau series, on the other hand, have been more muddled on this front.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
• After Achane, the picture is muddled.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025

muddle

2 of 2 noun

• His mind was a muddle.
• His papers were in a muddle.
• Shouldn’t have jumped over the top, should’ve gone up the muddle.
  — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 20 Oct. 2019
• In this case, there's a bit of a muddle of old and new tools.
  — David Nield, Wired, 8 Nov. 2020
• Is there no help for Jack out of his muddle of self-loathing?
  — Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 6 Oct. 2020
• Corned-ham biscuits, fish muddle, hard-crab stew, and lemon pie were on the menu.
  — Bill Smith, Southern Living, 16 June 2021
• In the bottom of a tall glass, muddle 3 or 4 jalapeño slices.
  — Midwest Living, 14 May 2026
• For now, they’re swamped by the narrative muddle all around them.
  — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 11 July 2022
• The bond market turmoil leaves investors in a bit of a muddle.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2017
• Where there once was a mess, where there once was a muddle, now there’s a clean quiet space full of air and light.
  — Claire Comstock-Gay, The Cut, 12 Feb. 2018
• Someone in close contact may need your guidance when there is a muddle of their own making.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2021
• Combine wood sorrel leaves and stems with lime juice in a cocktail shaker; muddle.
  — Kate Richards, Country Living, 15 Mar. 2019
• There are too many out of stocks, too little inspiration in ranges, too much muddle and mess in stores.
  — CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
• The team sergeant wandered the courtyard aimlessly, his thoughts and words a muddle.
  — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2018
• From this muddle of anger, confusion and regret, though, a movement was born.
  — Dan Barry, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022
• Sunday's outcome leaves the naming process in something of a muddle.
  — Bill Turque, kansascity, 20 May 2018
• Experts said those entering adulthood need clear guidance for how to make it out of the muddle.
  — Dani Blum, New York Times, 29 July 2022
• But with the rise of fast-moving trains, the muddle of differing times became a nuisance.
  — Quanta Magazine, 5 May 2020
• Dennett waited until the group talked itself into a muddle, then broke in.
  — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2017
• Add orange, simple syrup, and bitters in a glass and muddle (or use a wooden spoon to smash the orange).
  — Outside Online, 3 Nov. 2020
• To make cocktail, muddle remaining 1 cup cilantro in a large pitcher.
  — Bon Appetit, 19 May 2017
• But of course Smith was trying to have it both ways, with the result that his message was a head-snapping muddle.
  — Vincent Carroll, The Denver Post, 2 June 2017
• Important, 'cause the speed of the game, the no-huddle, the tempo, the muddle huddles, all that stuff.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 12 Nov. 2019
• Trump is trying to turn that muddle into a single demand for cheaper, thirstier trucks.
  — Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
• Germany concede a lot of goals like that — a basic mistake, followed by a panicked muddle and then the ball in the net.
  — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 20 June 2026
• But then the muddle of the impeachment process began to work in Johnson’s favor.
  — Allen C. Guelzo, WSJ, 25 May 2018
• Between the players on the pitch, the coaches, the pundits and the public, there seems to be a muddle of agendas.
  — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 26 June 2026
• Forced to retrace their steps, physicists have been rethinking what’s behind the muddle of hints and half results.
  — Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2021
• Son found that the muddle onstage in the old hall also forced the orchestra as a whole to rely more on the conductor.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022
• If only there were some pieces of 18th century parchment available to clear up the muddle.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 11 May 2017