as in sludge
soft wet earth we cannot play softball today because the field turned to mud after last night's heavy rain

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Recent Examples of mud Excessive rainfall over the warning area will cause mud slides near steep terrain. Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025 One example came in 1981's Stripes, where Candy's character mud wrestles with several women. Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025 The man was covered in mud and appeared to be under the influence of methamphetamines, according to the arrest warrant affidavit. Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025 As seen in many forms of motorsports, drivers often go over grass and mud to add more weight since the dirt sticks to the hot tires. Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mud
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Noun
  • Meanwhile, the onset of the rainy season has exacerbated already deplorable conditions, transforming dust into thick sludge, flooding fragile shelters, and bringing swarms of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The standard provided improved protection for modern gasoline engines, including requirements for Low-Speed Pre-Ignition (LSPI), timing chain wear, and better piston deposit and sludge control.
    Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The study recommends strategic test areas of algicide and treatments to sequester nutrients after large-scale mechanical clearing of the muck.
    Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Passing through clear plastic tubes, muck was sliced into disks like hockey pucks.
    Rodrique Ngowi, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But the version at the Saenger was a different song entirely—quiet and haunting, delivered in a rocks-and-gravel voice to a dark hall that had gone dead silent.
    Tom Piazza September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Then in the 1960s, Lake Burtnieks’s northern shore was used as a gravel quarry.
    Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • California beaches were closed; skate parks were filled with sand.
    Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In the heigh of summer, the beaches are often completely blanketed with umbrellas and beach towels, leaving little room to actually see the sand.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025

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“Mud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mud. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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