adjective
Etymology
Origin of sludgy
Example Sentences
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We are drawn by the painting’s rich orchestration of warm and cool browns—from sludgy tan to super-charged ocher verging on sienna—and its seductive textures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
In 1973, the Isley Brothers remade the song on their “3 + 3” LP; two decades after that, the gothic metal band Type O Negative recorded a sludgy, slowed-down rendition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
The record was grim and sludgy – partly because the band had recorded it in just two days, with limited funds.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
The sludgy and foreboding take on electrified blues music, coupled with sci-fi stories and witch tales, laid the groundwork for decades of hard rock music across nine albums with Black Sabbath.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2025
The men hooked around a rusty warehouse and turned onto a walkway suspended above a sludgy canal.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
Here, though, the number was Mr. LeBlanc’s alone, and he gave in to his sludgier impulses, his voice oozing awkwardly around the lyrics, compressing them into unintelligibility.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2010
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