How to Use sludge in a Sentence

sludge

noun

• I can't bring myself to read that sludge.
• Brown water poured down our path; the earth turned to sludge.
  — David Fettling, Longreads, 29 Mar. 2018
• Now push a thick rag through the trap to wipe out any sludge or debris.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 25 Aug. 2020
• One night, the weight of the sludge became more than the dam could bear.
  — Warren Cornwall, Science | AAAS, 20 Aug. 2020
• But some of the sludge had breached the sandbags, spilling close to the road.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2022
• But Halden’s research was the first to find them in sewage sludge.
  — Megan Molteni, STAT, 17 June 2021
• The problems range from sludge build up and even cracked engine blocks.
  — John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2025
• Back at her own apartment, sludge and debris blocked the front door.
  — Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2020
• Sewage sludge has now been spread on millions of acres across the country.
  — Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
• Bonar kept the fish until the post-fire sludge had washed through and settled.
  — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2020
• The walls in her house still bare faint lines marking where the sludge inched upwards.
  — Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 7 July 2019
• She had been trapped for days with just her cat and still didn’t know when the sludge would recede.
  — Damien Cave, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2021
• She had been trapped for days with just her cat, and still didn’t know when the sludge would recede.
  — New York Times, 9 Dec. 2021
• His orders are to take control of our sewer pipes and sludge.
  — John Archibald | [email protected], al, 2 Nov. 2021
• Pumps are plugged with trash, drains are clogged, and floors are covered with water or sludge.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2022
• The swimming pool was covered with leaves and sludge and algae.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
• The foot of water covering the field was green, the sludge thick.
  — Zia Ur-Rehman Kiana Hayeri, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2022
• Empty the filter and use a soft toothbrush to scrape any sludge from the seals.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
• Skulls, aliens and toxic sludge are often featured on the show.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
• But that didn’t bring much solace to those closer to the rising brown sludge.
  — New York Times, 22 Mar. 2021
• Much of the sludge is stored in single-wall underground tanks that have leaked.
  — Ralph Vartabedian, latimes.com, 5 June 2019
• Now's the time to ditch that office sludge, and start brewing your own coffee.
  — Popular Mechanics Shop Team, Popular Mechanics, 7 June 2018
• For decades, that sludge was treated as hazardous waste and hauled to landfills.
  — Alan Collins, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2026
• The gold sludge laps at the sides of the bowl on its way to your table, nearly spilling over the edge.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
• Even after the sludge erased most of the town, residents have fought to keep their land.
  — Ana Ionova, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Nov. 2020
• The first time, sludge sloshed over the back of the truck when the driver braked hard to avoid hitting a deer.
  — Washington Post, 5 July 2017
• Be careful not to go too close to the water’s edge, as the sludge will suck the shoes right off your feet.
  — Soumya Karlamangla, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• Cities have also begun to use the sludge as a source of energy.
  — Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 3 Feb. 2022
• Carpenter said the ultimate aim of the plan is to leave sludge in the tanks.
  — Ralph Vartabedian, latimes.com, 5 June 2019
• It's used to empty the machine of the ice and sludge scraped from the skating surface.
  — John Wisely, Freep.com, 10 Oct. 2025