muddying
- present participle of muddy.
Example Sentences
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Muddying matters further, the county supervisors voted last month to delay consideration of a petition asking the EPA to declare the river a Superfund site.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024
Muddying the waters a bit is that there’s no standardized definition of a multivitamin.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2023
Muddying the waters are amateur photographers and YouTubers who are also trying to cash in on the demand.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2023
Muddying the waters, a federal judge has, in effect, hit pause on the wolf rollout; a Feb. 10 ruling restored endangered species protections to gray wolves across most of the Lower 48 states.
From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2022
Muddying the water, as it were, so as to obscure the main issue and get away with the trick.
From The Cab of the Sleeping Horse by Scott, John Reed
