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Example sentences for "muddy water"

  • Illustration: He reentered the house with a bucket two-thirds full of muddy water.

  • He was still splashing in the hole, up to his armpits in muddy water.

  • Some half-dozen full-grown ones were in attendance off the praia, floating about on the lazily-flowing, muddy water.

  • This was pierced in the same way as the former water-course, with round holes full of muddy water.

  • The gray swims the unfordable middle portion nobly, and the khan comes through with no worse damage than a mouthful or two of muddy water.

  • Beyond this well the country assumes the character of a broad sink or mud-basin, the shiny surface of its mud glistening in the sun like a sheet of muddy water.

  • Inflated skins kept the animal afloat; but the stubborn head sinking below the surface, the poor beast landed with sides distended almost to bursting by too copious draughts of muddy water.

  • Portions of the district often suffer much from drought; but a most opportune fall of rain the preceding night had completely deluged the country, and poured into every pool along the route a plentiful supply of muddy water.

  • Once more he changed the lever, and now the propeller beat the muddy water to foam, as the bow of the motor boat pushed hard against the side of the barge.

  • There was more danger now, as there was still more debris coming down the big, muddy water, and several times the boat was nearly struck by a floating house, or barn.

  • The boys looked out on a big stretch of muddy water, in which numerous trees, and other debris, could be seen floating.

  • You sink the dish and let the clay and gravel soak a while, then you work and rub it up with your hands, and as the clay dissolves, dish it off as muddy water or mullock.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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