muddling 1 of 2

present participle of muddle
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muddling

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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of muddling
Adjective
His recipe calls for muddling sweet Sun Gold tomatoes and fresh basil, plus a smidge of salt and sugar until juicy; then stirring in gin, vermouth, and ice until well-chilled. The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025 That’s muddling the outlook for rate cuts. Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025 Gently muddling the mint and lime and not pulverizing them preserves their flavor and keeps the drink crisp rather than bitter. Aly Walansky, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025 The case sparked numerous videos by amatuer investigators posting on Youtube and Facebook, muddling up the tip line for information. Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for muddling
Verb
  • That’s baffling to me that it was even checked.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, the president’s criticism of mail-in ballots could risk disrupting the inroads Republicans made with voters last cycle, with the party spending millions promoting mail-in ballots ahead of the 2024 election.
    Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The limitations placed on these researchers is disrupting NASA’s work and could stymie the careers of younger Chinese researchers who came to the US to advance their scientific work, as well as benefit the space agency through their findings, the sources said.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And determining when someone is dead is the critical but confusing question at play.
    Cara Anthony, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • For example, the eye glass space was largely fractured, confusing, and not customer-friendly before Warby Parker entered the scene with exceptional client experience, a focus on customer service and convenience, and a user-friendly product.
    Brandon Aversano, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And aren’t our real-life romantic complications bewildering enough?
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Its ginormous investments in higher-value, tech-heavy sectors from smartphones to autos to semiconductors to biotechnology are disrupting the global landscape at bewildering speed.
    William Pesek, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The three actors were filming a lighthearted scene, shuffling excitedly between a hot sauna and cold plunge, when Reeves’ foot caught on some flooring.
    Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The film essentially takes place entirely within an under-20-minute timeline, showing the same events from a shuffling deck of points of view.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Tuesday will go down as one of Boston’s most confounding losses of the season, a 4-3 defeat in 11 innings to the Baltimore Orioles in which the club went 0 for 13 with runners in scoring position.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • After getting entangled in a puzzling murder, the two go on the run to solve the case while also trying to piece their relationship back together.
    James Mercadante, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Colorado opened its 2025 season with a puzzling 27-20 loss to Georgia Tech on Friday night.
    Shane Shoemaker, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Two players take on the roles of a brother and sister who are searching for their missing buddies on an island inhabited by some rather disturbing monsters.
    Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • In 2020, 13-year-old Lauryn Licari and her middle-school boyfriend, Owen McKenny, started getting constant graphic and disturbing messages from an unknown number out of the blue.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Muddling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muddling. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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