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as in turbid
having visible particles in liquid suspension whether muddy or not, water taken from lakes and streams should be boiled by campers

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Recent Examples of muddy
Adjective
Paired with her black latex gown and a silver necklace stack, Simpson’s hair embodied the ultimate Y2K archetype wrapped in muddy coloring. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025 Dangerous flooding has damaged neighborhoods in almost every state in 2025, leaving homes a muddy mess. Debolina Banerjee, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
But now some of the world’s most prominent hotel brands are muddying the waters. Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2025 The same cannot exactly be said for the eight subsequent franchise installments, a motley group of sequels, prequels, reboots, remakes, and legacy sequels that have muddied the continuity. Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for muddy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for muddy
Adjective
  • Dress for fun with clothes that can get mucky and close-toed shoes.10:30 a.m., Sunol Visitor Center, 1895 Geary Road, Sunol. bit.ly/4n3kiXj Soulful Melodies Student Art Show — Artist Bobbie Jean Wise: Chabot College student artist Bobbie Jean Wise presents her solo exhibition.
    Jake Richardson, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Three lakes in central Wisconsin's Adams County have been plagued with unsightly, mucky algae blooms for years, some of which have produced harmful toxins.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Unlike regions such as southeast Florida or southern California, New York’s nearshore waters are frequently turbid and moderately rough, limiting the visibility of sharks from the air.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Why does Mitch find the view beautiful, though the water is turbid and he is enveloped in the scent of incense and candles?
    Katie Kitamura, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • This is not a dusty collection or hodgepodge of Gold Rush artifacts placed around a xeriscape.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The old shelves with their dusty cans were gone, replaced by three wooden pillars, each with a small platform at chest height.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • One of the higher-ups felt my title Stairway to Heaven would be confused with the 1939 movie of the same name.
    Cameron Crowe, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Historically, people disguised themselves in mystical and mythical ensembles time of year in order to confuse ghosts and deter them from wreaking havoc; the Celts even carved faces into vegetables to keep the entities away from their food.
    Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Draped in orange velvet curtains, layered with vintage rugs and filled with embellished pieces that feel as if they’ve been discovered in another time, the space is designed to create an atmosphere that blurs the line between fashion and fantasy.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Battling the debilitating symptoms of a late-stage brain tumor, his grasp on reality becomes increasingly fragile, and as the unlikely duo sets out on the run, old memories blur with the present, dredging up dark secrets from his past.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At Dilara Findikoglu, models looked like ladies in waiting that had risen from the dead; wearing antiquated corsetry that was dirtied and torn.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
  • As more success suddenly comes his way, McKinstry has remained the same, friendly and chuckling at his locker, dirtying his jersey and pestering opponents on the field.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • Over time, leftover detergent, dirt, and lint can stick to the drum, gasket, and hoses, which creates a slimy film that stinky bacteria love.
    Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The character’s oddball charm and offbeat humor turns even the slimiest creature into a scene-stealer.
    Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Philadelphia 76ers' immediate and medium-term future looked murky coming into this season.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Still, Kenya’s longer-term political outlook just got a lot murkier, as the scramble to win over Odinga’s supporters will intensify in the months ahead.
    Ian Bremmer, Time, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Muddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muddy. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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