MUD in a Sentence

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For MUD, below is one of 159 sentences:
The second sentry, a large man muffled in a blue overcoat from which villainous black whiskers burst, came through the mud toward them.

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 Meanings and Examples of MUD
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mud
 n.  earth that has been mixed with water; wet, sticky earth
Classic Sentence: (135 in 10 pages)
1  The night before had been wild and wet with rain, but when Scarlett arrived in Atlanta a warm sun was at work, bravely attempting to dry the streets that were winding rivers of red mud.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
2  Doan step down in dat mud, he ordered severely, as Scarlett gathered up her skirts preparatory to descending.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
3  As they went through the mud with Prissy sloshing, pouting, after them, she recalled what Charles had said about Uncle Peter.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
4  As they progressed down the street, through the sucking mud, Scarlett bubbled over with questions and Peter answered them, pointing here and there with his whip, proud to display his knowledge.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
5  Mrs. Meade mounted her carriage block and craned her neck for a view of the baby, but the doctor, disregarding the mud, plowed through to the side of the carriage.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
6  As the artillery rumbled by, splashing mud into the watching crowds, a negro on a mule, riding close to a cannon caught her eye.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
7  Uncertainly, Mose looked from the sergeant to Scarlett and she, splashing through the mud, close to the passing wheels, caught at Moses' stirrup strap.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
8  Scarlett stood for a moment, ankle deep in mud as the guns lurched by.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
9  When he saw her standing in the mud, Mr. Wilkes drew rein with a smile of pleasure and, dismounting, came toward her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
10  It isn't that I mind splitting logs here in the mud, but I do mind what it stands for.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
11  The depot had not been rebuilt since the burning of the city and they alighted amid cinders and mud a few yards above the blackened ruins which marked the site.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
12  They picked their way across the slippery stepping stones that bridged the mud of Decatur Street and continued up Peachtree, through a thinning crowd.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
13  Your life isn't safe on the streets after dark and even in the broad daylight they push ladies off the sidewalks into the mud.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
14  Surrounding the building completely and covering the square of land of which it was the center were row after row of army huts, dingy and mud splashed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
15  The second sentry, a large man muffled in a blue overcoat from which villainous black whiskers burst, came through the mud toward them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
Example Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1  Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.
2  African rivers turn to hard mud during the dry season.
3  They had to battle through thick mud to reach construction workers.
4  A pair of wide tracks led through the slush and mud.
5  Your behavior is causing our name to be dragged through the mud.
6  Your car will bog down in the mud.
7  The mark of a man's shoe was clearly printed in the mud.
8  The avenue had never been paved, and deep mud made it impassable in winter.
9  Latest reports say that mud slides buried entire villages.
10  His face was bedaubed with mud.
11  A passing lorry covered us in mud from head to foot.
12  There was a lot of mud on the ground.
13  The vehicles got bogged down in the heavy mud.
14  The mud clung to my shoes.
15  Oh well, that's all as clear as mud, then.