How to Use mucky in a Sentence

mucky

adjective
  • When Mom spoke, her voice came out thick and mucky.
    — Kate Crane, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
  • There are also mucky paw prints across the white wall.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Tom Strzyz sulked in the muggy air outside his mucky apartment.
    — Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The mucky brown-green water from the canal had risen several feet outside.
    — Janine Zeitlin, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2022
  • And things are too mucky right now with the 7-7 teams and crossover schedules to project where that might go.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 18 Dec. 2022
  • If the water starts to get mucky for whatever reason, just drain and refill.
    — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 23 May 2022
  • In what may always be a mucky business, a few have cleaned up The World for Sale.
    — The Economist, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Hour after hour the rivers brought it in—sand from the infant Rockies, the mucky stuff of ecosystems.
    — Wired, 29 July 2022
  • Just don't bring the muckier parts of it inside to build up and contaminate our homes.
    — Mark Patrick Taylor, CBS News, 26 May 2023
  • The trailer also gives us a sneak peak of a few of the couple's challenges, from a mucky swimming pool to a debate over adding skylights.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 May 2024
  • The insect likely fell into one of the ancient lakes that covered this region and sank into the soft, mucky bottom.
    — Kate Baggaley, Popular Science, 20 Jan. 2021
  • At this writing, the creekside trail was overgrown, mucky and difficult to navigate.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2021
  • The durable and lightweight sacks are also breathable (through the drawstring opening) for any mucky pairs that may need a bit of extra airing out.
    — Talia Ergas, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2023
  • During a recent bike tour of the creek’s historical route, some of the original banks contained mucky brown water.
    — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2022
  • With the Big 12 already in a bit of a mucky place before that reveal, how might this impact the conference as a whole?
    — Mark Schindler, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Attendees mud wrestled even during rain delays in mucky conditions.
    — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 15 June 2025
  • Redd walked out behind his house, through other backyards, then brush, then irrigation ditches, then a mucky expanse of wetlands.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 6 June 2023
  • The dark color is forgiving with spills and mucky little hands or paws—not a minor detail for busy households and growing families.
    — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Second, make sure the area around the animal is relatively clean; a pile of dirt or a mucky puddle could also transfer microbes to the meat.
    — Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Mud season ― right before spring when thawing ice causes mucky roads — and stick season — right before winter when trees are bare and gourds are everywhere.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023
  • However, if conditions are muddy or soggy, wait until soil has a chance to dry out a little more to avoid a mucky mess and compacting your soil.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2024
  • High-power vacuums also excel in wet suction, slurping up liquid and mucky messes much better than a low-power vac.
    — Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 15 July 2023
  • The dirt two-track twists through Mud Tanks Draw, an area of low ground between ridges where water runoff collects in a chain of pools, rivulets and mucky ponds.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Her seawall drops about 7 feet into a mucky gully where freshwater once flowed from a manmade reservoir known as Wixom Lake.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 22 Sep. 2024
  • In the past, the only questions surrounding his output have been consistency, his physical rigour and doing the mucky stuff.
    — George Caulkin, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
  • Relationships and dynamics within the band were getting mucky with or without my contributions to the filth.
    — Joe Trohman, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Despite thriving in shallow, weedy, mucky areas, snakeheads do not gravitate to decaying forage.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 20 July 2023
  • Despite thriving in shallow, weedy, mucky areas, snakeheads do not gravitate to decaying forage.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026
  • Eileen has freshly embraced sobriety, and has brought her manuscript with her in the hopes of impressing several key mucky-mucks in attendance.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Forecast in detail Monday was mucky with heat, humidity and haze, but today delivers drier and cooler air with a nice breeze.
    — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023

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