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sludge

noun

ˈsləj

Definition of sludge

as in mud

soft wet earth after a day of heavy rain, the fairgrounds had turned into pure sludge

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something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental I can't bring myself to read that sludge

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Recent Examples of sludge Crazy picked the bowl up and chugged down the salty, yellow sludge. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026 Jacobs oversees wastewater treatment, while Synagro handles sludge processing. — Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2026 An aerial view shows houses lying deluged in sludge after flash floods at Devighat, Bidur Municipality in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 27, 2026. — Sam Meredith,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026 Residents sat in homes with walls washed away by the floods, shoveling sludge-like mud and rubble off balconies or window frames. — Victoria Milko, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sludge

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The Diocletian Ritual, comprising a salt scrub, cleansing mud wrap, and massage, is both invigorating and restorative.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The 1983 movie, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, portrays the fight as gritty and grounded, taking place during a rainstorm where mud flies as fast as fists.

— Jenelle Riley, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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Some relative had hanged themselves from the rafter years ago, something about the price of corn and subsidies and ruin, and Carrie said the barn was haunted.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
The cotton trials are part of a broader expansion for the company, which introduced four products in 2025 across corn, cotton, sorghum and new application methods.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026

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The package recommends microwaving, so the chicken melts into the creamy goo.

— Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
The researchers linked molecules from a viscous oil and a gas to produce a new variation of this polymer, resulting in a transparent, moldable goo with a consistency similar to Blu Tack.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026

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