: consisting of, containing, resembling, or being a bog: swampy, marshy
boggy land
Beyond the neighborhood lies a boggy expanse of cordgrass …—Sarah Schweitzer
… there was no trail, and it was boggy underfoot, which made walking difficult.—E. B. White
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In between, travelers are granted views of vast desert landscapes and boggy bayous.—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026 The terrain was once too boggy and hilly for construction projects and is now protected as parkland.—David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2025 Experts believe the prior surveys likely failed because the boggy landscape was first forested in the 19th century, then recently cleared.—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2025 Introduction In a tournament compromised by wet weather and therefore boggy pitches, hosts West Germany were not overwhelmingly popular winners.—Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for boggy