Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of quicksand
Two-thirds of the season remains, and the quicksand and trap doors will eventually get someone, if only because that’s how pitching works.
—
Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 2 June 2025
However, these systems become organizational quicksand in volatile environments where exceptions become the rule.
—Nate Bennett, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
From sticky asphalt graves to dinosaur-eating quicksand, these sites reveal how nature sometimes sets its own snares, and how life—on a mass scale—meets its end.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Lawsuits piling up from unions and states underscore the legal quicksand Musk has stepped into.
California cannot afford such recklessness.
—Zac Townsend, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for quicksand
Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 2 June 2025
However, these systems become organizational quicksand in volatile environments where exceptions become the rule.
—Nate Bennett, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
From sticky asphalt graves to dinosaur-eating quicksand, these sites reveal how nature sometimes sets its own snares, and how life—on a mass scale—meets its end.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Lawsuits piling up from unions and states underscore the legal quicksand Musk has stepped into.
California cannot afford such recklessness.
—Zac Townsend, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for quicksand
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quicksand
Noun
-
Undervaluing Yourself To Avoid Conflict Many professionals, especially those early in their careers, fall into the trap of lowballing their worth out of fear.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
-
That’s the trap with a character like this — writing to a joke versus writing to her worldview and her attitude.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
24 July 2025
Noun
-
Lying nearby is a tangle of thin string that is defining the war now – not fishing net, but fiber-optic cable, used to prevent drones being jammed.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
29 July 2025
-
This creates abnormal amounts of protein deposits called tangles, which kill brain cells.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
29 July 2025
Noun
-
Against this corporate financial quagmire, Wintour hasn’t made a complete mess of Vogue from a purely performance metric.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
-
Ultimately, there may be no way for Israel to escape its smart-bomb delusion—or another quagmire in the Middle East.—
Robert A. Pape,
Foreign Affairs,
17 June 2025
Noun
-
That is why this fiction is not built on facts, but rather on traversing the labyrinths of memory.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
15 July 2025
-
No matter how complicated the labyrinth of modern politics becomes, that thread will lead us through.—
Linda McMahon,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 July 2025
Noun
-
As for Pitt, his Sonny Hayes is a perfectly serviceable archetype for this: a one-time wunderkind driver wrecked by injury whose adult life becomes a morass of preposterous risk with minimal upside.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
20 June 2025
-
There are no pairs of tidily poetic contradictions, but a morass of inner conflict, uncertainty, pain, and relief.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
27 June 2025
Noun
-
Knott’s announced the retirement of the Bloodline 1842 and Wax Works mazes after the 2024 season.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
18 July 2025
-
There were beautiful farm animals, interactive science exhibits and even a candy maze.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
Updated July 16,
Sacbee.com,
16 July 2025
Noun
-
The Talos post was published around the same time that the dark web site belonging to BlackSuit began displaying a message saying the site had been seized in Operation CheckMate.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
26 July 2025
-
Meta lost the race to control the operating systems for the mobile web era in the early 2000s and 2010s, which Apple and Google won.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025
Noun
-
In addition to vessel strikes, humpback whales face threats including fishing gear entanglement and ocean noise, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.—
Paloma Chavez
July 2,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2025
-
Unlike classical computers, which process bits as 0s or 1s, quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, which can exist in multiple states simultaneously due to superposition and entanglement.—
Leeor Shimron,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Quicksand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quicksand. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share