Example Sentences

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Tough-looking boys mouth along, hiding puddly eyeballs beneath the brims of their camo hats.

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2016

Instead of the fairy-tale land of kohl-eyed houris and snake charmers, the subcontinent here seems to be a domesticated place of hospital corridors, puddly lanes and gently twittering birds.

From Time Magazine Archive

If it's raining, like this morning, its tires shssssssh on the puddly drive and the rain shplatterdrangs on the swiveled-up garage door.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

The shore's a flood of puddly mud, And the rocks are limy and slimy— And I've tumbled down with a thud—good lud!—

From Mr. Punch at the Seaside by Various

There was a puddly yard, squelched with the feet of cow beasts.

From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John