Thesaurus results for MORASS

morass

noun

mə-ˈras

as in tangle

something that catches and holds advised against becoming involved in that country's civil war, warning that escape from that morass might prove nigh impossible

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as in marsh

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water the distracted driver had driven his car off the road and into a morass

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Recent Examples of morass When their news anchor (Peter Finch) has a nervous breakdown on the air, suddenly their ratings turn around, bringing on a moral morass only some of them are prepared to face. —

Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026 And that concludes our journey through the morass. —

Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026 There have been signs of productive dialogue in the weeks since that could eventually create a pathway out of the morass. —

Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026 Or, perhaps even more likely, Iran devolves into a morass, a chaotic power struggle that destabilizes the entire powder keg of a region. —

The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for morass

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Before 2014, bull kelp—a whip-like kelp with bulbous air bladders and trailing blades —stretched across Northern California’s coastline in dense tangles.

— Tatjana Baleta, Time, 28 May 2026
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen rounded out the podium after a tangle of their own, marking the Briton’s highest finish for Ferrari and the Dutchman’s first podium of the season.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 27 May 2026