How to Use sludge in a Sentence

sludge

noun

• I can't bring myself to read that sludge.
• But some of the sludge had breached the sandbags, spilling close to the road.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2022
• One night, the weight of the sludge became more than the dam could bear.
  — Warren Cornwall, Science | AAAS, 20 Aug. 2020
• What comes out of the thermos is a pile of dark grey sludge.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 31 May 2020
• But Halden’s research was the first to find them in sewage sludge.
  — Megan Molteni, STAT, 17 June 2021
• But the Braves’ flow of young talent came with some sludge.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2018
• The bright green sludge oozed onto docks, dams and rivers.
  — James Rogers, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2018
• Is this not the very bottom of the boiling sludge pit that has been 2020?
  — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 16 Dec. 2020
• The gold sludge laps at the sides of the bowl on its way to your table, nearly spilling over the edge.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
• The foot of water covering the field was green, the sludge thick.
  — Zia Ur-Rehman Kiana Hayeri, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2022
• Now push a thick rag through the trap to wipe out any sludge or debris.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 25 Aug. 2020
• Bonar kept the fish until the post-fire sludge had washed through and settled.
  — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2020
• The last of the sludge had been removed, and the town was free at last from the 42-car train with the awful nickname.
  — Daniel Victor, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
• Now push a thick rag through the trap to wipe out any stuck-on sludge or debris.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2019
• In the mid-1970s, the district and its sludge had different names.
  — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
• The walls in her house still bare faint lines marking where the sludge inched upwards.
  — Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 7 July 2019
• Be careful not to go too close to the water’s edge, as the sludge will suck the shoes right off your feet.
  — Soumya Karlamangla, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• Carpenter said the ultimate aim of the plan is to leave sludge in the tanks.
  — Ralph Vartabedian, latimes.com, 5 June 2019
• She had been trapped for days with just her cat and still didn’t know when the sludge would recede.
  — Damien Cave, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2021
• She had been trapped for days with just her cat, and still didn’t know when the sludge would recede.
  — New York Times, 9 Dec. 2021
• Back at her own apartment, sludge and debris blocked the front door.
  — Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2020
• But more importantly, the song pulls Swift out of the sludge and into the sun.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
• Even after the sludge erased most of the town, residents have fought to keep their land.
  — Ana Ionova, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Nov. 2020
• The water boils off and all that's left is a few teaspoonfuls of sludge.
  — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 9 Oct. 2018
• But that didn’t bring much solace to those closer to the rising brown sludge.
  — New York Times, 22 Mar. 2021
• Above the empty MetLife Stadium stands, the sky was sludge-gray.
  — New York Times, 10 Jan. 2022
• Now's the time to ditch that office sludge, and start brewing your own coffee.
  — Popular Mechanics Shop Team, Popular Mechanics, 7 June 2018
• Larvae squirm through the sludge that covers the dirty dishes filling the sink.
  — Jennifer Reese, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2020
• Much of the sludge is stored in single-wall underground tanks that have leaked.
  — Ralph Vartabedian, latimes.com, 5 June 2019
• The larvae breed in sludge and a buildup of organic matter, such as food particles, inside your drain, says Oi.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024