Adjective please do not walk in the house with muddy boots on, as you will get the carpet dirty whether muddy or not, water taken from lakes and streams should be boiled by campers Verb The flooding muddied the roads. She muddied the color by adding some brown. muddying the line between fact and fiction The debate further muddied the issues. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Season 6 picks up in the same muddy field, with Tommy actually pulling the trigger. Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 11 June 2022 Driving across a muddy field to grab a hay bale is one thing; snaking around boulders and trees on tight two-tracks through the desert and forest is something else altogether. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 26 May 2022 Sturdy trees have risen from saplings planted in the ’60s, when the community was a muddy field under construction.Longreads, 20 Apr. 2022 Every day, Ukrainian investigators step into a dank cellar or muddy field or someone’s backyard and discover bodies of villagers who were shot in the head or bear signs of torture.New York Times, 15 Apr. 2022 Only a week before the killings, David Mora — who took his own life after the attack — assaulted a California Highway Patrol officer after driving drunk and crashing his car in a muddy field. Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2022 On the basketball court in the Spectrum Center on Monday night, the teams played the equivalent of a pitcher’s duel on a muddy Lambeau Field in a 103-99 Hornets victory. Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2022 The question of intent, however, can be muddy when the crime under investigation involves an action in which the defendant’s state of mind can be hard to establish.New York Times, 18 June 2022 The question of intent, however, can be muddy when the crime under investigation involves an action in which the defendant’s state of mind can be hard to establish. Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022
Verb
Cultural voting helps explain disturbing trends that muddy the narrative that populism is just a defense of white privilege. Joan C. Williams, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2022 But the similar name is enough to muddy the waters for the public, leaving Asian carp with an identity crisis. Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 July 2022 In the past, clubhouse attendants could muddy balls — a practice intended to help improve pitchers’ grip — days before they would be used in a game. Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 21 June 2022 But rather than affirming that consensus, recent developments could now fracture and muddy it, with important ramifications for all social media users. Brian Fung, CNN, 16 May 2022 In the four years since Hinman’s speech that did nothing but muddy the crypto waters, the U.S. still desperately needs clear rules of the road that embrace innovation while protecting consumers and the integrity of markets. Stu Alderoty, Fortune, 13 June 2022 The Israeli government offered to investigate the journalist's death in conjunction with Palestinian authorities, but the latter refused out of fear Israeli officials would whitewash or muddy the inquiry. Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 9 June 2022 How a Supreme Court case about pig farms could muddy looming debate over out-of-state abortions Precedent:The Supreme Court has overruled itself on segregation and saluting the flag. John Fritze, USA TODAY, 14 May 2022 The complicating factor for Wednesday’s severe storms will be widespread morning convection that could muddy the forecast and impact coverage and evolution of storms later in the day.NBC News, 11 Apr. 2022 See More