Example Sentences

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These shows are much more vital when the cast stops fighting or toiling in the same drama they’ve been mucked in for years.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

Even if significant debris flows don’t happen, roads could be mucked with mud, “and there will probably be a lot of road closures in and around those burn scars,” Kittell said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

He mucked in and chatted to just about everyone.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

The dark meat wasn’t mucked with much, just the taste of fatty meat with salt, so you get a clean, succulent bite of the best part of the turkey.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023

He looked down to check his watch, but it was as mucked up as the rest of him.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez